Male Primary Breast Cancer Found on FDG-PET/CT

We report a case of male primary breast cancer found incidentally on whole body FDG-PET/CT scanning with mammographic and histologic correlation. The relative lack of glandular activity in the male breast potentially increases the sensitivity of FDG-PET/CT for detection of male breast cancer. As in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2008-09, Vol.33 (9), p.630-632
Hauptverfasser: McEachen, James C, Kuo, Phillip H
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We report a case of male primary breast cancer found incidentally on whole body FDG-PET/CT scanning with mammographic and histologic correlation. The relative lack of glandular activity in the male breast potentially increases the sensitivity of FDG-PET/CT for detection of male breast cancer. As in this case, even mild uptake in a male breast lesion should be regarded with suspicion. Although the incidental detection of breast masses on whole body FDG-PET/CT requires great vigilance, the modality provides both anatomic and physiologic data to help characterize primary breast cancer.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181813528