Usefulness of scintimammography with tc-99m MIBI in clinical practice.
Radiographic mammography (MM) is routinely used to diagnose breast cancer. MM has a number of well-known limitations, especially in cases of a dense or dysplastic breast. Scintimammography (SM) with Tc-99m MIBI has been successfully used as a useful complement to MM. The authors report a case of a 57-year-old woman with MM with tiny calcifications in the left breast, which were classified by the radiologist as probably benign lesions. SM with Tc-99m MIBI showed a focal area of increased uptake in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast. On the basis of SM results, an excisional biopsy was performed and pathologic examination revealed infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
Filippi
Luca
L
Section of Nuclear Medicine, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Pulcini
Angelo
A
Remediani
Silvia
S
Masci
Emanuela
E
Redler
Adriano
A
Scopinaro
Francesco
F
De Vincentis
Giuseppe
G
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D044584:Carcinoma, Ductal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi