Incidental PET/CT Detection of Breast Cancer in a Patient with Negative Mammogram and Breast Sonogram

We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with known Hodgkins lymphoma who presented with PET/CT findings of a breast mass and diseased axillary lymph node despite negative results from a recent routine mammogram and ultrasound. Needle biopsy of the mass and lymph node confirmed a diagnosis of infi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Edward W., Grant, Jonathan D., Mari, Carina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27303476
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v2i3.84
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Sumario:We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with known Hodgkins lymphoma who presented with PET/CT findings of a breast mass and diseased axillary lymph node despite negative results from a recent routine mammogram and ultrasound. Needle biopsy of the mass and lymph node confirmed a diagnosis of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast with nodal metastases.

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