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FIGURE 2.  CT (left) and fused PET/CT (right) images of 65-y-old male patient with esophageal cancer showed abnormally high focal ¹⁸F-FDG uptake in left thyroid gland (maximum SUV = 33.1). CT attenuation of that lesion was very low (3.6 Hounsfield units), and surrounding thyroid gland had diffusely increased ¹⁸F-FDG uptake. Follicular adenoma with lymphocytic thyroiditis was confirmed after thyroidectomy.

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