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Flare phenomenon in positron emission tomography in a case of breast cancer--a pitfall of positron emission tomography imaging interpretation.

Dom-Gene Tu1, Wei-Jen Yao, Tsai-Wang Chang, Nan-Tsing Chiu, Yi-Hsun Chen.   

Abstract

We present an unusual case of breast cancer with increased FDG uptake 4 months after chemotherapy. A PET-CT scan displayed results that mimicked multiple lymph node metastases in the right axilla, the mediastinum, and the bilateral pulmonary hilar regions. However, the increased FDG uptake disappeared 17 months later without any additional medical treatment, suggesting the occurrence of flare phenomenon.

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Year:  2009        PMID: 19857808     DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.02.001

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Imaging        ISSN: 0899-7071            Impact factor:   1.605


  3 in total

Review 1.  Positron Emission Tomography in Breast Cancer.

Authors:  Jose Luis Vercher-Conejero; Laura Pelegrí-Martinez; Diego Lopez-Aznar; María Del Puig Cózar-Santiago
Journal:  Diagnostics (Basel)       Date:  2015-03-16

2.  Paradoxal metabolic flare detected by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in a patient with metastatic breast cancer treated with aromatase inhibitor and biphosphonate.

Authors:  Andrea D'Amico; Teresa Kowalska
Journal:  Indian J Nucl Med       Date:  2014-01

3.  In vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging of apoptosis using histone H1-targeting peptide probe after anti-cancer treatment with cisplatin and cetuximab for early decision on tumor response.

Authors:  Hyun-Kyung Jung; Kai Wang; Min Kyu Jung; In-San Kim; Byung-Heon Lee
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2014-06-20       Impact factor: 3.240

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