Table 2.
PETCT and biopsy results of 40 patients at UCSF.
| Patient number, age & sex | Size (cm,mm) | Focal/diffuse | SUV | Biopsy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) 40, F | 0.6 cm | Focal | 2.9 | papillary ca, right lower thyroid |
| (2) 73, M | 1 cm | Focal | 7.8 | thyroid epithelium in nonspecific pattern, left thyroid gland |
| (3) 66, M | 9 ∗ 6 mm | N/A | 7.5 | papillary ca, left thyroid lobe |
| (4) 42, F | 2.2 cm | Focal | 5.3 | benign nodule : left anterior, left posterior : follicular neoplasm |
| (5) 49, F | 2.4 cm | Focal | 3.2 | benign colloid, right thyroid gland |
| (6) 59, F | 8 mm | Focal | 3 | benign nodule, left thyroid lobe |
| (7) 52, F | 4-5 cm | Focal | 9.9 | papillary ca, right thyroid |
| (8) 39, F | 1.6 cm | Diffuse | 4 | chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, right thyroid lobe |
| (9) 49, F | 2 cm | Heterogenous | 1.7 | benign nodule, left thyroid lobe |
| (10) 61, F | 1.6 cm on Right | N/A | 3 | right : thyroid epithelium in nonspecific pattern, left : benign thyroid nodule |
| (11) 65, F | 1 cm | Focal | 6.7 | papillary ca, left thyroid lobe |
| (12) 56, F | 1 cm | Diffuse | 4.8 | no ca identified, left thyroid lobe |
| (13) 54, F | N/A | Heterogenous | 1.9 | benign nodule, left thyroid lobe |
| (14) 33, M | 13 mm | Focal | 5.6 | papillary ca, right thyroid |
| (15) 62, F | N/A | Heterogenous | 0.8 | thyroid epithelium in nonspecific pattern, left thyroid gland |
| (16) 58, F | N/A | Heterogenous | 5.6 | benign nodule : left lobe, right lobe : no bx, suv 5.6 |
| (17) 75, F | 2 cm | Focal | 3.2 | follicular lesion, adenomatoid nodule, left lobe |
| (18) 44, F | 6 mm | Focal | 3.5 | Hurthle cell lesion, path : follicular adenoma, left thyroid lobe |
| (19) 78, F | 1.9 cm | Focal | 3.7 | benign nodule, left thyroid lobe |
| (20) 64, F | 7 mm | Focal | 46 | Hurthle cell lesion, right lobe |
| (21) 78, M | N/A | Focal | 2.9 | anaplastic thyroid ca arising from papillary ca in right lobe |
| (22) 54, F | 2 mm | N/A | 5.7 | benign nodule, right thyroid lobe |
| (23) 71, F | N/A | Diffuse | 3.6 | no ca, right thyroid lobe |
| (24) 73, F | 2.1 cm | Focal | 2.5 | met, unknown primary, right inferior thyroid |
| (25) 63, F | N/A | Focal | 16.4 | benign nodule, left lobe |
| (26) 83, M | 9 mm | Focal | 3.8 | benign nodule, right thyroid lobe |
| (27) 54, F | 1 cm | Focal | 4 | papillary ca in both lobes, |
| (28) 69, M | 2.2 cm | Focal | 3 | benign nodule, right thyroid lobe |
| (29) 56, F | 1.8 cm | Focal | 3.4 | benign nodule, left lobe |
| (30) 50, F | 1.7 ∗ 1 cm | Focal | 20 | follicular adenoma : right lobe SUV 20, left lobe: benign colloid nodule |
| (31) 47, M | N/A | Focal | 5.6 | papillary ca in both lobes, suv 5.6 in left lobe |
| (32) 42, F | 1.1 ∗ 0.9 cm | Focal | 9.1 | papillary ca, left thyroid lobe |
| (33) 86, F | 0.4 ∗ 2.3 cm | Focal | 5.3 | benign nodule, left lobe |
| (34) 53, F | 2.3 cm | Focal | 5.3 | adenocarcinoma from breast primary, left thyroid |
| (35) 38, F | N/A | Focal | 7.5 | papillary ca, right thyroid |
| (36) 54, M | 9 mm | Focal | 3 | papillary ca, right thyroid |
| (37) 81, M | 1.8 ∗ 1.2 cm | Focal | 20 | benign nodule, right thyroid lobe |
| (38) 50, F | 6 mm | Focal | 4.8 | benign nodule, right thyroid lobe |
| (39) 42, M | 4.1 ∗ 2.5 ∗ 6 cm | Diffuse | 5.1 | neoplasm, right thyroid |
| (40) 63, F | 13 mm | Diffuse | 2.4 | benign nodule |