RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Evaluation of Inflammatory Breast Cancer with F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Review of The Literature
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP jnmt.114.148494
DO 10.2967/jnmt.114.148494
A1 Al-faham, Zaid
A1 Al-Katib, Sayf
A1 Jaiyesimi, Ishmael
A1 Bhavnagri, Sharukh J
YR 2015
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2015/11/16/jnmt.114.148494.abstract
AB Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer characterized by dermal lymphatic invasion and tumor embolization resulting in erythema and edema of the breast. In many cases, by the time of diagnosis, there is already distant metastasis. Mammography, US, CT and MRI are usually preformed for initial staging; however, PET/CT can also be used for initial staging as it offers additional diagnostic information.