False-positive lesions mimicking breast cancer on FDG PET and PET/CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Adejolu, Margaret ^a   Huo, Lei ^a   Rohren, Eric ^a   Santiago, Lumarie ^a   Yang, Wei T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Mammography; Neoplasm; PET CT; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; SILICONE GEL;

BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; BREAST NECROSIS; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAT NECROSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LACTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SILICONE GRANULOMA;

BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LACTATION; MASTITIS; NECROSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863274620     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7130     Document Type: Review

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