The Contralateral Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis by Breast Cancer in 18F-FDG-PET/CT
A 51-year-old woman presented with invasive breast cancer on the right side. [ 18 F]F-FDG-PET/CT demonstrated multiple irregular avid lesions in the inferior-medial quadrant of the right breast. Multiple avid lymph nodes were noted in the left axilla with an SUVmax of 13.6. A biopsy of the left axillary lymph node confirmed invasive breast cancer metastasis.
Authors
- J H Zheng
- Lanya Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5828-7353)
- Qing Zhang
- Jianjun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5715-5416)
- Xuemei Liu
Institutions
- Army Medical University (CN)
- Third People 's Hospital of Chongqing (CN)
- The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Chongqing Emergency Medical Center (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical nuclear medicine open.
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/nm9.0000000000000091
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00