Open AccessInitial evaluation of inflammatory breast cancer with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
Author(s) -
Sait Sağer,
Sertaç Asa,
Rana Kaya Döner,
Cem Leblebıcı,
Metin Halaç
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.108843
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory breast cancer , breast cancer , positron emission tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , lymph , radiology , nuclear medicine , infiltration (hvac) , pet ct , cancer , pathology , physics , thermodynamics
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.