Sager Sait, Asa Sertac, Doner Rana Kaya, Leblebici Cem, Halac Metin
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;27(1):33-4. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.108843.
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.
炎性乳腺癌(IBC)是局部晚期乳腺癌中最具侵袭性的形式。我们在此展示两名炎性乳腺癌患者的(18)F FDG PET/CT检查结果。这些患者因炎性乳腺癌分期被转诊至核医学科。FDG PET/CT图像显示乳房弥漫性浸润,全身PET/CT图像中有多个淋巴结及多处转移灶。FDG PET在炎性乳腺癌的初始评估中可提供有关淋巴结或远处转移的额外信息。