Case Studies: Breast Cancer
History
47 year old female with left breast cancer completed treatment
five years ago. Mammogram
eight months ago revealed lumpectomy changes in
the left breast and no abnormalities in
the right breast. The patient had
a 1.0 cm indeterminant lesion in the right lobe of the liver on
CT scan performed
for abdominal pain. PET/CT was done to evaluate the liver for possible
metastases.
PET/CT Result
PET/CT images showed a 1.1 cm hypermetabolic mass in the right breast and the liver was normal.
PET
Scan
CT Scan
Outcome
Needle biopsy confirmed infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
The sentinel node biopsy was negative
and the patient underwent lumpectomy
and local radiation therapy.
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