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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2012; 11(01): 24-25
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.98742
Case Report

Asymptomatic Distant Subcutaneous Metastases Detected by 18 F-FDG-PET/CT in a Patient with Breast Carcinoma

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  • Kuruva Manohar

    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

  • Bhagwant Mittal

    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

  • Anish Bhattacharya

    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

  • Gurpreet Singh

    1   Department of General Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Cutaneous metastases from internal malignancies are rare with a reported incidence between 0.7% and 10%. We report a case with distant skin and subcutaneous metastases in abdominal skin from breast cancer detected on 18 F-fluoro-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging.

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Breast cancer - 18 F-FDG-PET/CT - skin metastases


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21 May 2022

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