TY - JOUR
T1 - FDG PET evaluation of granular cell tumor of the breast
AU - Hoess, Cornelia
AU - Freitag, Katja
AU - Kolben, Martin
AU - Allgayer, Bernhard
AU - Laemmer-Skarke, Irina
AU - Nathrath, Walter B.I.
AU - Avril, Norbert
AU - Roemer, Wolfgang
AU - Schwaiger, Markus
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Granular cell tumor is a rare, usually benign neoplasm of neural origin that may arise in virtually any site and, when situated in the breast, can mimic breast carcinoma. We describe a case of granular cell tumor of the breast in a 57-yr-old woman. Clinical evaluation, mammography, sonography and MRI suggested a carcinoma with infiltration of skin and muscle. However, the tumor did not display increased glucose metabolism on PET. Clinical findings, imaging results, histological characteristics and surgical management are discussed.
AB - Granular cell tumor is a rare, usually benign neoplasm of neural origin that may arise in virtually any site and, when situated in the breast, can mimic breast carcinoma. We describe a case of granular cell tumor of the breast in a 57-yr-old woman. Clinical evaluation, mammography, sonography and MRI suggested a carcinoma with infiltration of skin and muscle. However, the tumor did not display increased glucose metabolism on PET. Clinical findings, imaging results, histological characteristics and surgical management are discussed.
KW - Breast
KW - Granular cell tumor
KW - MRI
KW - PET
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9708516
AN - SCOPUS:0031876197
SN - 0161-5505
VL - 39
SP - 1398
EP - 1401
JO - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
IS - 8 SUPPL.
ER -