title: [A case of low grade ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast with difficulties in making the preoperative diagnosis after detection by FDG-PET].
abstract: A 56-year-old woman underwent FDG-PET screening, which demonstrated delayed-phase uptake in the lower part of the left breast. The findings of mammography, ultrasonography, MRI and cytological examination were compatible with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), but core needle biopsy showed no evidence of malignancy. Therefore, partial resection of the left breast with sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed to make a definite diagnosis. Histological examination showed that this tumor was low grade DCIS. FDG-PET is a very useful examination to detect malignant diseases, but it is quite difficult to distinguish them from benign ones. It is suggested that delayed-phase uptake of FDG-PET is useful for diagnosis of DCIS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery I, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsurudome
authors.forename: Takefumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsuki
authors.forename: Tetsumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibao
authors.forename: Aiichiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higure
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18