BREAST CANCER. FUNCTIONAL BREAST AND SENTINEL NODE IMAGING
Figure 3
48-year-old asymptomatic female underwent screening mammography. Mammogram (not shown) showed a suspicious ill-defined mass in the upper and inner quadrant of the right breast measuring 1.5 x 1.8 cm in diameter. Scintimammogram shows a faint focal uptake in the upper portion of the right breast above the nipple. The uptake throughout the left breast is normal. Note: Faint uptake of right breast mass on scintimammogram is most likely related to the fact that abnormality was in the medial portion of the breast which is far distant from the nuclear medicine detector in this patient with a large breast.
Histopathology of this mass was obtained through excisional biopsy with pre-biopsy needle localization and revealed infiltrating ductal carcinoma.