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. 2025 Jan;7(1):e240165.
doi: 10.1148/rycan.240165.

Gastric Cancer Metastasis Mimicking Thyroiditis

Aws Kamona  1 , Javad R Azadi  1
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Gastric Cancer Metastasis Mimicking Thyroiditis

Aws Kamona et al. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2025 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Abdomen/GI; Ear/Nose/Throat; Metastases; Oncology; Thyroid; Ultrasound.

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Disclosures of conflicts of interest: A.K. No relevant relationships. J.R.A. No relevant relationships.

Figures

Images in a 46-year-old female patient with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. Initial coronal CT scan of the abdomen after administration of intravenous contrast agent obtained 2 years prior demonstrates focal mural thickening along the gastric cardia (white chevron) and an adjacent enlarged, centrally hypoenhancing gastrohepatic lymph node (white arrow).
Figure 1:
Images in a 46-year-old female patient with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. Initial coronal CT scan of the abdomen after administration of intravenous contrast agent obtained 2 years prior demonstrates focal mural thickening along the gastric cardia (white chevron) and an adjacent enlarged, centrally hypoenhancing gastrohepatic lymph node (white arrow).
Images in a 46-year-old female patient with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. (A) Thyroid US image demonstrates a diffusely enlarged heterogeneous thyroid gland with decreased vascularity at color Doppler imaging. (B) CT scan of the neck after administration of intravenous contrast agent demonstrates a diffusely enlarged, heterogeneously hypoenhancing thyroid with mass effect and narrowing of the trachea.
Figure 2:
Images in a 46-year-old female patient with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. (A) Thyroid US image demonstrates a diffusely enlarged heterogeneous thyroid gland with decreased vascularity at color Doppler imaging. (B) CT scan of the neck after administration of intravenous contrast agent demonstrates a diffusely enlarged, heterogeneously hypoenhancing thyroid with mass effect and narrowing of the trachea.
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