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Unexpected focal hypermetabolic activity in the breast: significance in patients undergoing 18F-FDG PET/CT.

Korn RL, Yost AM, May CC, Kovalsky ER, Orth KM, Layton TA, Drumm D

Department of Research, Scottsdale Medical Imaging, 3501 N Scottsdale Rd., Ste. 130, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA.

OBJECTIVE: 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. CONCLUSION: When evaluated, almost all of the abnormal foci detected in the breast subsequently proved to be breast carcinoma, specifically infiltrating ductal carcinoma.

Published 23 June 2006 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(1): 81-5.
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