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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan;27(1):33-4.
doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.108843.

Initial evaluation of inflammatory breast cancer with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Sait Sager  1 , Sertac Asa, Rana Kaya Doner, Cem Leblebici, Metin Halac
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Initial evaluation of inflammatory breast cancer with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Sait Sager et al. Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of locally advanced breast cancer. We present here (18)F FDG PET/CT findings of two patients with IBC. These patients were referred to the Nuclear Medicine department for staging of IBC. FDG PET/CT images showed diffuse infiltration of breasts with multiple lymph nodes and multiple metastases in whole-body PET/CT images. FDG PET provides additional information regarding lymph nodes or distant metastases in the initial evaluation of IBC.

Keywords: Fluorodeoxyglucose; inflammatory breast cancer; positron emission tomography.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
FDG PET/CT images of a 32-year-old female patient with a inflammatory breast cancer. (a) Maximum-intensity-projection (MIP) of PET image. (b) Axial PET image. (c) Axial CT image
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pathology results showed infiltrative carcinoma cell (Hand E, ×200)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Whole-body FDG PET maximum-intensity-projection (MIP) of a 51-year-old female patient with an inflammatory breast cancer
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