Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the Literature
18F-FDG PET is a useful and sensitive imaging method for a variety of malignancies, however, the specificity is low in active infections and inflammatory diseases. We describe a female patient with stage IIIA breast cancer in first complete remission with combination chemotherapy who developed nodul...
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| description | 18F-FDG PET is a useful and sensitive imaging method for a variety of malignancies, however, the specificity is low in active infections and inflammatory diseases. We describe a female patient with stage IIIA breast cancer in first complete remission with combination chemotherapy who developed nodular formations in the lung and axilla 12 years later. Imaging studies as well as FDG PET showed nodular lesions and increased metabolic activity which was interpreted as the progression of the primary disease. She was first given combination chemotherapy and hormonal therapy but was proven thereafter to have sarcoidosis by pathologic examination and was successfully treated with corticosteroid treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cfcd9e23251d4497a03cbd1257d68b062025-02-03T01:21:15ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352009-01-01200910.1155/2009/785047785047Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the LiteratureSelmin Ataergin0Nuri Arslan1Ahmet Ozet2Mehmet Ali Ozguven3Department of Medical Oncology, GATA (Gulhane) Faculty of Medicine, Etlik, 06018 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, GATA (Gulhane) Faculty of Medicine, Etlik, 06018 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Oncology, GATA (Gulhane) Faculty of Medicine, Etlik, 06018 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, GATA (Gulhane) Faculty of Medicine, Etlik, 06018 Ankara, Turkey18F-FDG PET is a useful and sensitive imaging method for a variety of malignancies, however, the specificity is low in active infections and inflammatory diseases. We describe a female patient with stage IIIA breast cancer in first complete remission with combination chemotherapy who developed nodular formations in the lung and axilla 12 years later. Imaging studies as well as FDG PET showed nodular lesions and increased metabolic activity which was interpreted as the progression of the primary disease. She was first given combination chemotherapy and hormonal therapy but was proven thereafter to have sarcoidosis by pathologic examination and was successfully treated with corticosteroid treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/785047 |
| spellingShingle | Selmin Ataergin Nuri Arslan Ahmet Ozet Mehmet Ali Ozguven Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Abnormal 18F-FDG Uptake Detected with Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Breast Cancer: A Case of Sarcoidosis and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | abnormal 18f fdg uptake detected with positron emission tomography in a patient with breast cancer a case of sarcoidosis and review of the literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/785047 |
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