A False Positive 18F-FDG PET/CT Scan Caused by Breast Silicone Injection.
10.3348/kjr.2009.10.2.194
- Author:
Chao Jung CHEN
1
;
Bi Fang LEE
;
Wei Jen YAO
;
Pei Shan WU
;
Wen Chung CHEN
;
Shu Lin PENG
;
Nan Tsing CHIU
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan. ntchiu@mail.ncku.edu.tw
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Breast, siliconoma;
18F-FDG PET/CT
- MeSH:
Adult;
Breast Implants/adverse effects;
Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
*False Positive Reactions;
Female;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/diagnostic use;
Granuloma, Foreign-Body/*diagnosis;
Humans;
Injections;
*Positron-Emission Tomography;
Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use;
Silicones/administration & dosage/*adverse effects;
*Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2009;10(2):194-196
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We present here the case of a 40-year-old woman with a greater than 10 year prior history of bilateral breast silicone injection and saline bag implantation. Bilateral palpable breast nodules were observed, but the ultrasound scan was suboptimal and the magnetic resonance imaging showed no gadolinium-enhanced tumor. The 18F-FDG PET/CT scan showed a hypermetabolic nodule in the left breast with a 30% increase of 18F-FDG uptake on the delayed imaging, and this mimicked breast cancer. She underwent a left partial mastectomy and the pathology demonstrated a siliconoma.
