PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Palot Manzil, Fathima Fijula
AU  - Bhambhvani, Pradeep
TI  - FDG avid internal mammary lymphadenopathy and implant rupture in PET/CT unveiling clinically unsuspected silicone granuloma in treated breast cancer
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.118.211979
DP  - 2018 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.118.211979
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2018/08/02/jnmt.118.211979.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2018/08/02/jnmt.118.211979.full
AB  - Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) uptake in enlarged lymph nodes is always suspicious, especially in cancer patients. We report a case of hypermetabolic internal mammary lymphadenopathy in a breast cancer patient who was previously treated with bilateral mastectomy and implants. The abnormal nodal uptake turned out to be due to foreign body induced inflammation, confirmed on histopathology. Vigilant PET interpretation is required in breast cancer patients with evidence of breast implant rupture.