Incidental Breast Carcinoma Detected With 13N-NH3 Cardiac PET Imaging

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 May;45(5):e252-e253. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002993.

Abstract

A 78-year-old woman with chest pain and a history of pacemaker implantation for arrhythmia underwent myocardial perfusion imaging by means of N-NH3 cardiac PET/CT. N-NH3 cardiac PET showed no signs of ischemia or infarction. Incidentally, a nodule with increased N-NH3 activity was observed in the right breast. Histopathologic examination revealed invasive ductal carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ammonia*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
  • Nitrogen Radioisotopes*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Nitrogen Radioisotopes
  • Nitrogen-13
  • Ammonia