Incidental focal uptake in the breast and axilla on FDG PET: Clinical considerations and differential diagnosis

Andrea L. Magee; Brittany Z. Dashevsky; Kayleen Jahangir; Kirti Kulkarni

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.06.001

Incidental focal uptake in the breast and axilla on FDG PET: Clinical considerations and differential diagnosis

Andrea L. Magee^*, Brittany Z. Dashevsky, Kayleen Jahangir, Kirti Kulkarni

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Abstract

Incidental focal FDG uptake in the breast or axilla on PET/CT performed for evaluation of extra-mammary primary disease presents a diagnostic challenge. Radiologists must consider a broad differential diagnosis, assess clinical history, and judiciously employ other imaging modalities such as mammography, ultrasound and MRI in the pursuit of findings which help narrow the differential diagnosis. Tissue sampling may be reserved for nondiagnostic imaging scenarios.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	96-104
Number of pages	9
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	45
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.06.001
State	Published - Sep 2017

Keywords

Breast pathology
Computed tomography
computed tomography (PET
Primary breast cancer

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