AJR Teaching File: Incidental Breast Cancer Detected With 18F-FDG PET/CT
| Autor: | Allison J. Clapp, Patrick J. Peller, Rathan M. Subramaniam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Skin Neoplasms Lymphovascular invasion Biopsy Breast Neoplasms Malignancy Diagnosis Differential symbols.namesake Breast cancer Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Incidental Findings PET-CT medicine.diagnostic_test Merkel cell carcinoma business.industry Melanoma Roentgen General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Carcinoma Merkel Cell Positron-Emission Tomography Arm symbols Female Radiology Radiopharmaceuticals Tomography X-Ray Computed Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 196:WS83-WS85 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| Popis: | Received February 19, 2010; accepted after revision June 10, 2010. 1Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Charlton 1-219, Rochester, MN 55905. Address correspondence to P. J. Peller (peller.patrick@mayo.edu). 2Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. AJR 2011; 196:WS83–WS85 0361–803X/11/1966–WS83 © American Roentgen Ray Society Clinical History A 51-year-old woman presented for staging and planned wide local reexcision of a Merkel cell carcinoma of the left upper arm. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare, aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine cell malignancy with some properties similar to melanoma. The diagnostic excisional biopsy showed lymphovascular invasion and positive microscopic margins. PET/ CT from the mid calvaria to the mid thighs was performed. |
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