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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. 1 Graph shows changes in standard uptake values (SUV) between time points 1 and 2 in malignant lesions (n = 45). Student's t test for results shows p < 0.04.

 

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Fig. 2 Graph shows changes in standard uptake values (SUV) between time points 1 and 2 in benign lesions (n = 10). Student's t test for results shows p < 0.01.

 

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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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Fig. 5D 42-year-old woman with lobular infiltrating adenocarcinoma of 16 mm in maximum transverse diameter. Graph shows signal intensity curve obtained from dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.

 

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