A Marked FDG Uptake on PET/CT Corresponding to Low-Grade Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast

A Case Report

Authors

  • Viktor Michanov Jensen Department of Breast Radiology/Afdeling for brystundersøgelser(ABU), Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup/Copenhagen, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0290-6212
  • Kathrine May Harrop Hansen Department of Breast Radiology/Afdeling for brystundersøgelser(ABU), Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup/Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Ilse Vejborg Department of Breast Radiology/Afdeling for brystundersøgelser(ABU), Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup/Copenhagen, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59667/sjoranm.v23i1.14

Keywords:

FDG PET/CT, breast cancer

Abstract

During PET-CT performed for an unrelated condition, an incidental, well-circumscribed focus of increased FDG uptake was identified in the left breast. Despite initial difficulty in localization, subsequent multimodality imaging confirmed the lesion.

Author Biographies

  • Viktor Michanov Jensen, Department of Breast Radiology/Afdeling for brystundersøgelser(ABU), Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup/Copenhagen, Denmark
    Doctor at Breast Radiology Department of Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen
  • Kathrine May Harrop Hansen, Department of Breast Radiology/Afdeling for brystundersøgelser(ABU), Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup/Copenhagen, Denmark
    Senior consultant breast radiologist at Gentofte Hospital
  • Ilse Vejborg, Department of Breast Radiology/Afdeling for brystundersøgelser(ABU), Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup/Copenhagen, Denmark
    Chief of the department of breast radiology at Gentofte Hospital

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2025-09-26

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): PET/CT of the Breast & Malignant Yolk Sac Tumor of the Ovary in a Child & Cryptic Septic Endocarditis and Systemic Thromboembolism Triggered by Oral Microflora & Contribution of Hybrid SPECT CT Imaging with [99mTc] Tc-MDP in Battered Woman Syndrome

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Copyright (c) 2025 Viktor Michanov Jensen, Kathrine May Harrop Hansen, Ilse Vejborg

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A Marked FDG Uptake on PET/CT Corresponding to Low-Grade Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast: A Case Report. (2025). Swiss Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 23(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.59667/sjoranm.v23i1.14

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