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[Benign hepatic cyst mimicking thyroid carcinoma metastasis].

Ana Paula Cançado Gonçalves, Carolina Souza Jorge, Jader Pereira Resende, José Ribamar Silva Villela, Maria Marta Sarquis Soares, and Adauto Versiani Ramos

Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol 53(6):777-82 (2009) PMID 19893923

The follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) for detecting persistent or recurrent disease is based on iodine whole body scan (WBS), the evaluation of the tumor marker thyroglobulin (Tg), the anti-thyroglobulin antibody (anti-Tg) and neck ultrasonography (US). Well known false-positive causes of WBS include inflammatory processes, some non-thyroid tumors, kidney or even sebaceous cysts .

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