Figure 1. (a) FDG-positive local recurrence (arrow) in a 49-year-old man who presented with negative I-131 scan after thyroidectomy and two courses of radioiodine treatment of papillary thyroid cancer initially staged as T2bN0M0. (b) No tumour remnants were seen after further operation and (c) during follow-up. Reprinted with permission of SNM from Schulter et al [37].