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Case Reports
. 2011 Jun;36(6):479-80.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31820adf47.

Pancreatic metastasis detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a patient with breast cancer

Winnie Wing-Chuen Lam  1 , Kelvin Siu-Hoong Loke, Hoi Yin Loi, Ajit Kumar Padhy
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Pancreatic metastasis detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a patient with breast cancer

Winnie Wing-Chuen Lam et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

Pancreatic involvement by metastasis from other primaries is rare and accounts for approximately 2% to 4% of pancreatic tumors. In this article, we describe FDG-avid pancreatic involvement in a patient with diagnosis of breast cancer. We conclude that FDG PET can be a convenient noninvasive method of early detection of recurrence and in monitoring metastatic disease during follow-up in such patients. A positive FDG PET warrants histopathologic correlation for appropriate treatment.

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