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57-year-old woman with incidentally discovered metastatic breast cancer. Axial 18F-FDG PET/CT scans showing an intensely hypermetabolic focus (arrows, SUVmax of 7.7) in the lower lateral quadrant of the breast, corresponding to the primary tumor: A, uncorrected PET image; B, CT image; C, corrected PET image; and D, fused PET/CT image.
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An intensely hypermetabolic focus (SUVmax of 7.7) was incidentally found in the lower lateral quadrant of the breast (Fig 1A, 1C and 1D), which corresponded to a 17 mm soft-tissue lesion found on CT scan (Fig 1B).
57-year-old woman with incidentally discovered metastatic breast cancer. Axial 18F-FDG PET/CT scans showing an intensely hypermetabolic focus (arrows, SUVmax of 3.8) in the left pectoral muscle, corresponding to a nodal metastasis: A, uncorrected PET image; B, CT image; C, corrected PET image; and D, fused PET/CT image.
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An additional intensely hypermetabolic focus (SUVmax of 3.8) was noted in the left pectoral muscle region (Fig 2A, 2C and 2D), which corresponded to a 6 mm left interpectoral lymph node on CT scan (Fig 2B).