08 February 2022>: Original Paper
Impact of Thyroid Incidentaloma on Liver Transplant: A Study of 1010 Recipients at a Single Center
Yi-Chia Chan 12ABCE , Chao-Long Chen 12A , Chih-Che Lin 12A , Chee-Chien Yong 12BDE , Yi-Ju Wu 12BDE , Shun-Yu Chi 2AEF* , Fong-Fu Chou 2ADOI: 10.12659/AOT.934988
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e934988
Table 2 Characteristics of the thyroid incidentalomas visualized on CT and PET.
Thyroid incidentaloma detected by | ||
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Chest CT (n=23) | 18F-FDG PET (n=15) | |
Diffuse, n (%)6 | 7 (46.7%) | |
Focal, n (%) | 8 (53.3%) | |
SUV max | 3.1 (2.4–6.0) | |
1.5 (1.2–2.1) | – | |
1.7 (1.4–2.9) | 1.1 (1.8–3.1) | |
0 | 4* | |
3 | 0 | |
20 | 8 | |
Non-diagnostic, n | 4 | 2 |
Benign, n | 12 | 3 |
Atypia or follicular neoplasm, n | 3 | 2 |
Suspicious or confirmed malignancy, n | 1 | 1 |
Lobectomy, n | 1** | 0 |
Bilateral total thyroidectomy, n | 3 | 3 |
Nodular goiter, n | 1 | 0 |
Papillary thyroid cancer, n (%) | 3 (13.0%) | 3 (37.5%)*** |
Data are shown as the median (interquartile range (IQR) 25–75) and number (%). * All patients had the diffuse FDG uptake of thyroid. ** Lobectomy was performed for the patient with nodular goiter. *** In the group of focal FDG uptake with definite thyroid nodule (n=8). |