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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Positron emission tomography and breast lesions: Low FDG activity in early phase imaging is not essentially benign
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Volume 33, No. 12, Year 2008
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The frequency of malignancy with low FDG uptake is significant and often presents diagnostic challenges. The usefulness of dual-time point FDG-PET/CT imaging (including early "after 45 minutes" and delayed "after 100 minutes," phases after radionuclide administration) for detection of such tumors has been documented. The authors present 2 cases of pathologically proven breast cancer with minimally increased FDG uptake on the initial scan (maximum standardized uptake value; SUVmax <2.5). Detection was improved by performing a dynamic PET study with early and delayed scans. Patients with a poorly visualized breast lesion due to minimal FDG uptake on the initial FDG-PET images should not be considered as benign and deserves further delayed phase imaging. © 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Zytoon, Ashraf Anas
Egypt, Shibin el Kom
Menoufia University Faculty of Medicine
Japan, Shimotsuga District
Dokkyo Medical University
Murakami, K.
Japan, Shimotsuga District
Dokkyo Medical University
El-Kholy, M. R.
Egypt, Shibin el Kom
Menoufia University Faculty of Medicine
Ebied, Osama M.
Egypt, Shibin el Kom
Menoufia University Faculty of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 5
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/RLU.0b013e31818c4df6
ISSN:
03639762
Research Areas
Cancer
Environmental