Dual-Time-Point 18F-FDG PET/CT Versus Dynamic Breast MRI of Suspicious Breast Lesions
Massimo Imbriaco1,
Maria Grazia Caprio2,
Gennaro Limite3,
Leonardo Pace1,2,
Teresa De Falco2,
Ermanno Capuano1 and
Marco Salvatore1,2
1 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomorfologiche e Funzionali, Università degli
Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Posillipo 196, 80123, Naples, Italy.
2 National Research Council Napoli, Institute of Bio-structure and Bio-imaging,
SDN Foundation, Naples, Italy.
3 Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico
II, Naples, Italy.

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Fig. 3A —55-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 15 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Axial fused PET/CT images
obtained with patient in prone position at time point 1 (A) and time
point 2 (B) show corresponding standard uptake values.
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Fig. 3B —55-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 15 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Axial fused PET/CT images
obtained with patient in prone position at time point 1 (A) and time
point 2 (B) show corresponding standard uptake values.
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Fig. 3C —55-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 15 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Subtracted contrast-enhanced
T1-weighted axial MR image shows focal area of intense 18F-FDG
uptake and marked gadolinium enhancement in inferior inner quadrant of left
breast.
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Fig. 3D —55-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 15 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Graph shows signal intensity
curve obtained from dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.
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Fig. 4A —32-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 18 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Axial fused PET/CT images
obtained with patient in prone position at time point 1 (A) and time
point 2 (B) show corresponding standard uptake values.
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Fig. 4B —32-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 18 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Axial fused PET/CT images
obtained with patient in prone position at time point 1 (A) and time
point 2 (B) show corresponding standard uptake values.
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Fig. 4C —32-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 18 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Subtracted contrast-enhanced
T1-weighted axial MR image shows focal area of intense 18F-FDG
uptake and marked gadolinium enhancement in superior inner quadrant of right
breast.
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Fig. 4D —32-year-old woman with ductal infiltrating adenocarcinoma
measuring 18 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Graph shows signal intensity
curve obtained from dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.
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Fig. 5A —42-year-old woman with lobular infiltrating adenocarcinoma of
16 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Axial fused PET/CT images obtained with
patient in prone position at time point 1 (A) and time point 2
(B) show corresponding standard uptake values.
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Fig. 5B —42-year-old woman with lobular infiltrating adenocarcinoma of
16 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Axial fused PET/CT images obtained with
patient in prone position at time point 1 (A) and time point 2
(B) show corresponding standard uptake values.
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Fig. 5C —42-year-old woman with lobular infiltrating adenocarcinoma of
16 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Subtracted contrast-enhanced T1-weighted
axial MR image shows focal area of intense 18F-FDG uptake and
marked gadolinium enhancement in inferior outer quadrant of left breast.
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