Diffuse FDG Uptake Due to Fat Necrosis Following Transverse Rectus Abdominus Myocutaneous (TRAM) Flap Reconstruction

ABSTRACTWe report a case of a 57-year-old female patient with right breast invasive ductal carcinoma. Bilateral mastectomy and TRAM flap reconstructions were performed. Postoperatively, a palpable focus was identified within the left breast. PET/CT showed hypermetabolism throughout the reconstructed...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 2013-08, Vol.38 (8), p.652-654
Hauptverfasser:	Dobbs, Nathan B, Latifi, Hamid R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological Transport Breast Neoplasms - surgery Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - surgery Fat Necrosis - diagnostic imaging Fat Necrosis - etiology Fat Necrosis - metabolism Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 - metabolism Humans Mammaplasty - adverse effects Middle Aged Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging Postoperative Complications - etiology Postoperative Complications - metabolism Radiography Radionuclide Imaging Rectus Abdominis - surgery
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