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Clinical Nuclear Medicine:
September 2008 - Volume 33 - Issue 9 - pp 630-632
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181813528
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Male Primary Breast Cancer Found on FDG-PET/CT

McEachen, James C. MD; Kuo, Phillip H. MD, PhD

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Abstract

We report a case of male primary breast cancer found incidentally on whole body FDG-PET/CT scanning with mammographic and histologic correlation. The relative lack of glandular activity in the male breast potentially increases the sensitivity of FDG-PET/CT for detection of male breast cancer. As in this case, even mild uptake in a male breast lesion should be regarded with suspicion. Although the incidental detection of breast masses on whole body FDG-PET/CT requires great vigilance, the modality provides both anatomic and physiologic data to help characterize primary breast cancer.

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© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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