PET/CT Scan Shows Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IMAGE)

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

PET/CT Scan Shows Inflammatory Breast Cancer

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A 53-y-old woman with biopsy-proven right IBC. (A and B) Axial thoracic CT (A) and PET/CT (B) show solitary hypermetabolic, 1-cm medial subpectoral lymph node (arrow). (C) Transverse ultrasound shows abnormal solid, irregular, hypoechoic lymph node in medial subpectoral region (arrow). An ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration confirmed metastasis.

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The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

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