A breast fibroadenoma mimicking an extranodal deposit of Hodgkin's lymphoma in 67Ga imaging.
Br J Radiol
; 82(975): e58-62, 2009 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-19211906
ABSTRACT
We present the case of a young woman with classical nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's lymphoma (clinical stage IIB). During staging work-up, intense gallium-67 ((67)Ga) accumulation in a left breast lump raised the suspicion of an extranodal deposit, but biopsy favoured a benign histology. A post-treatment (67)Ga scan showed complete remission of the disease with normal tracer uptake in the left breast. However, a few months after treatment, a faint left mammary concentration of (67)Ga was observed. The breast mass was excised and histopathology was consistent with fibroadenoma. This unusual presentation is a new addition to the literature on false-positive (67)Ga findings and chemotherapy-associated tracer changes.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Hodgkin Disease
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Fibroadenoma
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Contrast Media
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Gallium Radioisotopes
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Br J Radiol
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Grecia