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Tumor thrombus arising from malignancies has been well recognized by both anatomic and metabolic imaging modalities, including FDG-PET. Recently, venous thromboembolism accumulating FDG has also been reported by a few literatures. However, blood thrombus accumulating radioiodine has never been reported by now. This case presents a follicular thyroid carcinoma patient with venous thromboembolism in the left brachiocephalic vein and superior vena cava, which could accumulate both FDG and radioiodine, mimicking thyroid carcinoma extension.
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Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30700187), Shanghai Rising-Star Program (08QA14040), and the Public Health Bureau of Shanghai Municipality (2006Y34).
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Chen, L., Shen, Y., Wu, X. et al. Anatomic and metabolic imaging of venous thromboembolism mimicking thyroid carcinoma extension. J Thromb Thrombolysis 29, 358–360 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-009-0373-8
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