title: Unexpected focal hypermetabolic activity in the breast: significance in patients undergoing 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We describe the significance of detecting focal areas of hypermetabolism in the breast in patients undergoing PET/CT for reasons other than for breast cancer detection or staging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When evaluated, almost all of the abnormal foci detected in the breast subsequently proved to be breast carcinoma, specifically infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, Scottsdale Medical Imaging, 3501 N Scottsdale Rd., Ste. 130, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Korn
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Yost
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Eric R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Kovalsky
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Orth
authors.forename: Tiffany A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Layton
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drumm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18