Rare Thyroid Cartilage Metastasis From Breast Cancer Visualized on 18F-NaF PET/CT

Sharjeel Usmani 1, Najeeb Ahmed 2, Muhammad Waqas Ilyas 2, Sarah Murad 1, Fareeda Al Kandari 1

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01 January 2021

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doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003351

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 F-NaF PET/CT. She was found to have multiple osteoblastic metastases along with thyroid cartilage metastasis. Rare thyroid cartilage metastasis on F-NaF PET/CT may have prognostic significance in cancer patients.

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