A False Positive (18)F-FDG PET/CT Scan Caused by Breast Silicone Injection

We present here the case of a 40-year-old woman with a greater than 10 year prior history of bilateral breast silicone injection and saline bag implantation. Bilateral palpable breast nodules were observed, but the ultrasound scan was suboptimal and the magnetic resonance imaging showed no gadoliniu...

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Autores principales: Chen, Chao-Jung, Lee, Bi-Fang, Yao, Wei-Jen, Wu, Pei-Shan, Chen, Wen-Chung, Peng, Shu-Lin, Chiu, Nan-Tsing
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2651438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19270867
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2009.10.2.194
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Sumario:We present here the case of a 40-year-old woman with a greater than 10 year prior history of bilateral breast silicone injection and saline bag implantation. Bilateral palpable breast nodules were observed, but the ultrasound scan was suboptimal and the magnetic resonance imaging showed no gadolinium-enhanced tumor. The (18)F-FDG PET/CT scan showed a hypermetabolic nodule in the left breast with a 30% increase of (18)F-FDG uptake on the delayed imaging, and this mimicked breast cancer. She underwent a left partial mastectomy and the pathology demonstrated a siliconoma.

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