Rare Thyroid Cartilage Metastasis From Breast Cancer Visualized on 18F-NaF PET/CT. (January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Usmani, Sharjeel; Ahmed, Najeeb; Ilyas, Muhammad Waqas; Murad, Sarah; Al Kandari, Fareeda
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 46:Number 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Subjects: 18F-NaF PET/CT -- breast cancer -- metastasis -- thyroid cartilage; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003351
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Metastatic involvement of the thyroid cartilage is rare due to the absence of vessels within the cartilaginous tissue. We present the case of a 65-year-old woman recently diagnosed with breast cancer referred for skeletal staging with 18 F-NaF PET/CT. She was found to have multiple osteoblastic metastases along with thyroid cartilage metastasis. Rare thyroid cartilage metastasis on 18 F-NaF PET/CT may have prognostic significance in cancer patients.