Non Hodgkins lymphoma of the breast, unusual presentation: Detection by 67Ga scintigraphy

Kan, Julio W. H.; Arnstein, Nelson B.; Chen, David C. P.; Siegel, Michael E.

doi:10.1007/bf00257332

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“…Primary breast lymphoma is relatively uncommon with a reported incidence of 0.04 to 0.5% of malignant breast neoplasms 16 . There are several reports of Ga‐67 avid primary breast lymphoma 17–19 . Gallium is very sensitive for the histiocytic subtype and less sensitive for the lymphocytic subtype of lymphoma 18 .…”

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Gallium avid breast carcinoma

Chan

Wadhwa

Carolan

2002

Australasian Radiology

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Primary breast carcinomas are generally thallium (Tl-201) avid but uncommonly accumulate gallium (GA-67). Therefore, GA-67 scans are not routinely performed in patients with suspected breast cancer. We report a rare case of a primary breast carcinoma with bone marrow metastases where the primary lesion was GA-67 avid but did not accumulate Tl-201. The case also illustrated an unusual presentation of aggressive metastatic breast adenocarcinoma with pancytopenia or bone marrow failure. The extensive bone marrow metastases of the primary breast carcinoma were evident on both the Tl-201 and GA-67 scans.

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“…16 There are several reports of Ga-67 avid primary breast lymphoma. [17][18][19] Gallium is very sensitive for the histiocytic subtype and less sensitive for the lymphocytic subtype of lymphoma. 18 A high-grade primary breast lymphoma is generally considered to be gallium avid but does not accumulate thallium.…”

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Gallium avid breast carcinoma

Chan

Wadhwa

Carolan

2002

Australasian Radiology

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Accumulation of Tc-99m MIBI in breast lymphoma: Comparison with Ga-67 citrate

et al. 1996

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We report 2 cases of malignant lymphoma of the breast which were clearly shown on total body imaging as well as on SPECT with Ga-67 and Tc-99m MIBI. Tumor accumulation of Ga-67 was seen in all cases including a recurrent tumor. Ga-67 scintigraphy is useful for follow up in detecting relapse, as well as in predicting responses to therapy. Tc-99m MIBI was found to accumulate in the malignant lymphoma of the breast, and especially SPECT images of breast lesions provided better contrast than planar images, and Tc-99m MIBI SPECT could diagnose localization of the tumor because there was no uptake by the breast. But the Tc-99m MIBI accumulation of the tumor was lower than Ga-67.

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Primary Lymphomas of the Breast Detected by Ga-67 Scintigraphy

Koizumi

Aruga²,

Yamada³

1996

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

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Three patients with primary breast lymphoma were reported. All patients had rapidly growing breast masses and these masses showed nonspecific findings in mammography and on ultrasound. They resembled phyllodes tumor or invasive ductal carcinomas. Ga-67 scintigraphy showed intense accumulation was seen in all of the lymphomas. In one patient, a breast carcinoma was detected in the contralateral breast which did not show Ga-67 accumulation. In the other two patients, axillary involvement was also detected. Scintigraphy was helpful to confirm the diagnosis of breast lymphoma.

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Non Hodgkins lymphoma of the breast, unusual presentation: Detection by 67Ga scintigraphy

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Gallium avid breast carcinoma

Gallium avid breast carcinoma

Accumulation of Tc-99m MIBI in breast lymphoma: Comparison with Ga-67 citrate

Primary Lymphomas of the Breast Detected by Ga-67 Scintigraphy

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