Reactive changes with microfilaria in a suspected metastatic axillary lymph node on positron emission tomography–computed tomography in breast malignancy: An interesting finding

Anuja Anand; Aarti Tyagi; Shubham Jain; Pankaj Dougall

doi:10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_98_18

World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(02): 171-173
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_98_18

Case Report

Reactive changes with microfilaria in a suspected metastatic axillary lymph node on positron emission tomography–computed tomography in breast malignancy: An interesting finding

Anuja Anand

Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

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Aarti Tyagi

¹Department of Pathology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

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Shubham Jain

²Department of Oncosurgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India

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Pankaj Dougall

Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi

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Abstract

Positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT) has evolved as an important diagnostic tool in the diagnosis and management of breast carcinoma. PET/CT can help in staging as well as detecting metastases to mediastinal, axillary, and internal mammary nodes. However, PET-CT is not useful in differentiating between inflammation and malignancy.

Keywords

Breast cancer - microfilaria - positron emission tomography–computed tomography

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