TY - JOUR
T1 - False-positive lesions mimicking breast cancer on FDG PET and PET/CT
AU - Adejolu, Margaret
AU - Huo, Lei
AU - Rohren, Eric
AU - Santiago, Lumarie
AU - Yang, Wei T.
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - OBJECTIVE. Incidental 18F-FDG-avid breast lesions are commonly encountered in patients with cancer who undergo staging PET/CT. This pictorial essay discusses breast lesions that show increased FDG activity, mimicking breast cancer, with biopsy-confirmed benign diagnosis. CONCLUSION. Acute and chronic inflammation, physiologic lactation, and benign breast masses, including silicone granuloma, fat necrosis, fibroadenoma, and postsurgical changes, may show increased FDG uptake on PET/CT. These conditions can often be differentiated from malignancy by correlative imaging, including mammography, sonography, or MRI.
AB - OBJECTIVE. Incidental 18F-FDG-avid breast lesions are commonly encountered in patients with cancer who undergo staging PET/CT. This pictorial essay discusses breast lesions that show increased FDG activity, mimicking breast cancer, with biopsy-confirmed benign diagnosis. CONCLUSION. Acute and chronic inflammation, physiologic lactation, and benign breast masses, including silicone granuloma, fat necrosis, fibroadenoma, and postsurgical changes, may show increased FDG uptake on PET/CT. These conditions can often be differentiated from malignancy by correlative imaging, including mammography, sonography, or MRI.
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U2 - 10.2214/AJR.11.7130
DO - 10.2214/AJR.11.7130
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22358030
AN - SCOPUS:84863274620
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 198
SP - W304-W314
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 3
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