Published April 2009
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Journal article
A False Positive 18F-FDG PET/CT Scan Caused by Breast Silicone Injection
Creators
- 1. Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan (Turkmenistan)
Description
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 18F-FDG PET/CT scan showed a hypermetabolic nodule in the left breast with a 30% increase of 18F-FDG uptake on the delayed imaging, and this mimicked breast cancer. She underwent a left partial mastectomy and the pathology demonstrated a siliconoma
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Korean Journal of Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 10
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- 10 refs, 1 fig
- Journal Page Range
- p. 194-196
- ISSN
- 1229-6929
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 41071513
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- IMPLANTS; INJECTION; MAMMARY GLANDS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UPTAKE
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLANDS; INTAKE; ORGANS; TOMOGRAPHY