[18F]FDG-PET/CT texture analysis in thyroid incidentalomas: preliminary results

EJNMMI Reports

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the cohort of patients in the study

Parameter	Group	Number of cases	Relative %
FNA results	TIR1	2	4.0
	TIR2	26	52.0
	TIR3	7	14.0
	TIR4	4	8.0
	TIR5	11	22.0
Final diagnosis	Negative	32	64.0
Final diagnosis	Positive	18	36.0
Histological type^a	DTC	13	26.0
	PDTC	1	2.0
	MTC	1	2.0
	Lymphoma	1	2.0
	Metastases	2	4.0

FNA fine needle aspiration, DTC differentiated thyroid cancer, PDTC poorly differentiate thyroid cancer, MTC medullary thyroid cancer
^aOnly for patients with a final diagnosis positive for malignancy (n = 18)