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FDG PET/CT images of a 32-year-old female patient with a inflammatory breast cancer. (a) Maximum-intensity-projection (MIP) of PET image. (b) Axial PET image. (c) Axial CT image
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The axial PET image showed intense FDG uptake in the right breast [Figure 1].
Pathology results showed infiltrative carcinoma cell (Hand E, x200)
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After the right breast skin biopsy, pathology results showed IBC [Figure 2].
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Whole-body FDG PET maximum-intensity-projection (MIP) of a 51-year-old female patient with an inflammatory breast cancer
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FDG PET/CT image was performed after intravenous injection of 510 MBq (13.7 mCi) 18F FDG. FDG PET images showed bilateral intense breast uptake with a maximum standardized uptake value of 15.6 and bilateral supraclavicular lymph nodes, multiple skeletal FDG uptakes were seen [Figure 3].