title: Bilateral breast uptake demonstrated on FDG PET/CT scans in 3 male patients with hepatocellular carcinomas.
abstract: We reported 3 male patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent FDG PET/CT for systemic survey before liver transplantation. All of their scans demonstrated obvious FDG uptake in bilateral breasts. These uptakes might be owing to gynecomastia caused by an increase in free estrogen related to the cirrhotic liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Chin
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Te-Chun
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Shung-Shung
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Kuo-Yang
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Chia-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18