title: Occult breast cancer detection with technetium-99m-sestamibi: a case report.
abstract: A 74-y-old woman with a 4-y history of left arm lymphedema and multiple negative mammography studies presented to her physician with a palpable subcutaneous nodule in the left upper arm. After biopsy the nodule was read pathologically as secondary breast carcinoma. We report a finding of a positive 99mTc-sestamibi scintimammography in the presence of an unremarkable mammogram. The study also revealed a positive uptake in a metastatic lesion in the manubrium of the sternum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Plainfield, New Jersey 07061, USA.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arvay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008327:Mammography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi