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Diagnosis of de quervain’s subacute thyroiditis via sensor-navigated 124Iodine PET/ultrasound (124I-PET/US) fusion

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The role of 124Iodine-PET/US Fusion technique is demonstrated in a 52-year-old woman with De Quervain's subacute thyroiditis. A small and adversely located lesion not detected by thyroid scintigraphy could be unambiguously matched with a hypofunctional PET finding. The presented case supports the clinical potential of PET/US Fusion technique in thyroid disease especially in small and uncertain findings.

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Magnetic sensornavigated 124I-PET/US fusion, transversal sweep. Note the irregular hypoechoic 124I-negative area dorsomedial in the right thyroid lobe.

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Freesmeyer, M., Opfermann, T. Diagnosis of de quervain’s subacute thyroiditis via sensor-navigated 124Iodine PET/ultrasound (124I-PET/US) fusion. Endocrine 49, 293–295 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-014-0366-z

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