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Scintimammography with dedicated breast camera detects and localizes occult carcinoma Coover LR; Caravaglia G; Kuhn PJ Nucl Med 2004[Apr]; 45 (4): 553-8This study assessed the utility of scintimammography using a standard gamma-camera and a dedicated breast camera as an adjuvant to mammography and clinical examination. METHODS: The study population comprised 37 patients with dense breasts and a family or personal history of breast cancer. The subjects had no suggestive clinical or mammographic findings. After intravenous administration of (99m)Tc-sestamibi, the patients were imaged using a conventional gamma-camera and a dedicated breast camera that allowed breast compression during image acquisition. Images were interpreted independently by 2 reviewers. All patients with positive scintimammography findings underwent biopsy. RESULTS: Dedicated breast camera results were positive in 13.5% (5/37) of patients. Biopsy of these 5 patients yielded 3 carcinomas: an infiltrating lobular carcinoma, a ductal carcinoma in situ, and an infiltrating tubular carcinoma. These 3 carcinomas were undetectable by clinical breast examination or mammography, even on retrospective review. Only one of these, the tubular carcinoma, was readily detectable by the standard gamma-camera. CONCLUSION: Scintimammography using a dedicated breast camera may augment mammography and clinical breast examination for the subset of women who have dense breast tissue and are at high risk of breast cancer.|*Gamma Cameras[MESH]|Adult[MESH]|Aged[MESH]|Aged, 80 and over[MESH]|Breast Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/pathology/*secondary[MESH]|Carcinoma/*diagnostic imaging/pathology/*secondary[MESH]|Equipment Failure Analysis[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Middle Aged[MESH]|Neoplasms, Unknown Primary/*diagnostic imaging/pathology[MESH]|Radionuclide Imaging/*instrumentation/*methods[MESH]|Reproducibility of Results[MESH]|Sensitivity and Specificity[MESH] |
