title: Serendipitous observation of hepatic metastases on (18)F-fluoride PET in a patient with infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast: correlation with contrast enhanced CT.
abstract: Serendipitous observation of multifocal bilobar hepatic metastases on F-fluoride (NaF) PET arising in the setting of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast is described in the present report. A 46-year-old female patient with infiltrating ductal carcinoma had an F-fluoride PET which demonstrated uptake in multiple skeletal metastasis and several upper abdominal lesions corresponding to liver metastases on contrast enhanced CT. F-NaF uptake in soft tissue metastases are likely to be more frequently encountered with the increasing use of F-NaF PET/CT in oncology.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. drsanb@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kembhavi
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D005459:Fluorides