Prevalence of focal incidental breast uptake on FDG-PET/CT and risk of malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Else Marie AarstadPetter NordhaugMohammad Naghavi-BehzadLisbet Brønsro LarsenOke GerkeMalene Grubbe Hildebrandt

Published in: European journal of hybrid imaging (2019)

FIBU occurs rarely on FDG-PET/CT for female patients but yields a high risk of malignancy according to the results of published papers. Therefore, it should be considered relevant to further elucidate patients with incidentally detected FDG uptake in breast in clinical practice.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
computed tomography
positron emission tomography
patient reported outcomes
pet imaging