Metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies - PET/CT findings

Ana P. Benveniste*, Edith M. Marom, Marcelo F. Benveniste, Osama R. Mawlawi, Roberto N. Miranda, Wei Yang

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Abstract

Detection of incidental malignant lesions in the breast has a significant clinical impact not only on healthy individuals but also on patients with known malignant disease. This review describes a spectrum of metastatic breast lesions incidentally detected by FDG PET-CT at staging that may be misinterpreted as second primary malignancy. The common non-mammary malignancies that metastasize to the breast include melanoma, hematopoietic malignancies and epithelial cancers. We present the FDG PET-CT features of incidental non-mammary metastases to the breast that may help distinguish primary breast cancer from metastatic disease and aid in the management of patients with a known malignancy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1106-1112
Number of pages7
JournalEuropean Journal of Radiology
Volume83
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer InstituteP30CA016672
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterCA016672

    Keywords

    • Breast
    • FDG PET-CT
    • Metastases

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