TB Research

Thyroid Tuberculosis Depicted by 18F-FAPI PET/CT

Yuhua Wang, Lei Zhang, Feifei Qiao, Wanchun Zhang

Clinical Nuclear Medicine · 2025-03

Abstract

Thyroid tuberculosis is a rare condition that is difficult to diagnose and may be suspected of being a malignant tumor. We report a case of thyroid tuberculosis in a 54-year-old woman that mimicked thyroid cancer on ultrasound, with a 18 F-FAPI PET/CT scan showing intense 18 F-FAPI uptake in the thyroid lobe, right neck lymph node, and celiac lymph nodes.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Thyroid
  • Tuberculosis
  • Lymph node
  • PET-CT
  • Radiology
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Lymph
  • Nuclear medicine
  • Ultrasound
  • Pathology
  • Computed tomography