title: Lymphangitic spread of breast carcinoma: scintigraphic pattern with chest x-ray and computed tomography correlation.
abstract: Lymphangitic spread of metastases has distinct patterns on pulmonary scintigraphy and radiographic imaging. A 43-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer presented with shortness of breath. Symptomatology was studied with ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy, chest radiograph, and computed tomography (CT). The scintigraphic pattern is consistent with prior descriptions of lymphangitic spread of tumor. The chest x-ray and CT were both performed within the prior 2 months and were confirmatory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Leonard M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed