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Fig. 6 | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Fig. 6

From: Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in evaluation of recently diagnosed breast cancer patients

Fig. 6

A 61-year-old female patient presented with recently diagnosed right breast cancer (invasive ductal carcinoma). a Whole-body PET MIP image revealed large active right breast mass with multiple active ipsilateral axillary LNs as well as other less active right pelvic bone focus. b, c, d, e axial and sagittal CECT and fused PET/CT images revealed large right breast heterogeneously enhancing hypermetabolic upper outer quadrant mass, measuring 77 × 56 × 66 mm and achieving 23 SUVmax as well as multiple enlarged hypermetabolic right axillary lymph nodes, the largest measures 23 × 24 × 26 mm and achieving 20.5 SUVmax. f, g axial pelvic CT and fused PET/CT images (bone window) revealed small metabolically active right iliac bone deposit in fused PET/CT image, achieving 6 SUVmax, not appreciated in CT image alone

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