Artigo Revisado por pares

Unexpected Focal Hypermetabolic Activity in the Breast: Significance in Patients Undergoing 18 F-FDG PET/CT

2006; American Roentgen Ray Society; Volume: 187; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2214/ajr.05.0548

ISSN

1546-3141

Autores

Ronald L. Korn, Anne M. Yost, Christopher C. May, Eric R. Kovalsky, Katherine M. Orth, Tiffany A. Layton, Denise A. Drumm,

Tópico(s)

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Resumo

We describe the significance of detecting focal areas of hypermetabolism in the breast in patients undergoing PET/CT for reasons other than for breast cancer detection or staging.When evaluated, almost all of the abnormal foci detected in the breast subsequently proved to be breast carcinoma, specifically infiltrating ductal carcinoma.

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