title: Tc-99m tetrofosmin uptake in male breast cancer.
abstract: Breast carcinoma occurs rarely in men. Its imaging by mammography is difficult because male breast tissue is normally small in volume and adequate compression is not possible, which is a prerequisite for performing mammography. The authors describe a 65-year-old man with a right breast mass in whom the result of fine-needle aspiration cytology was inconclusive. A mammogram was also noncontributory because adequate compression was not possible as the mass was tender. Tc-99m tetrofosmin scintimammography showed intense focal uptake in the right breast. Excision biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of breast carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marwah
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sasan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Bandopadhyaya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malhotra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin