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There are no CT scan findings associated with breast cancer. However, a CT scan may be helpful in staging and the diagnosis of complications of breast cancer, which include [[Metastasis|brain, bone, liver, lung, and peritoneal metastasis]]. A combination of CT scan with other imaging techniques such as PET scan increases its sensitivity. | |||
There are no CT scan findings associated with breast cancer. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of breast cancer, which include [ | |||
==CT scan== | ==CT scan== | ||
There are no CT scan findings associated with breast cancer. | There are no CT scan findings associated with breast cancer. However, a CT scan may be helpful in staging and the diagnosis of complications of breast cancer, which include: | ||
* [[Intracerebral metastases|Brain metastasis]] | |||
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*[[Bone metastasis]] | |||
*[[Liver mass|Liver metastasis]] | |||
*[[Lung mass CT scan|lung metastasis]] | |||
*[[Peritoneal carcinomatosis|Peritoneal seeding]] | |||
*[[Lymphadenopathy|Lymphadenopathy (Staging)]] | |||
A combination of CT scan with other imaging techniques such as PET scan increases its sensitivity.<ref name="pmid27303476">{{cite journal| author=Lee EW, Grant JD, Mari C| title=Incidental PET/CT Detection of Breast Cancer in a Patient with Negative Mammogram and Breast Sonogram. | journal=Radiol Case Rep | year= 2007 | volume= 2 | issue= 3 | pages= 84 | pmid=27303476 | doi=10.2484/rcr.v2i3.84 | pmc=4895072 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27303476 }} </ref> | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soroush Seifirad, M.D.[2]
Overview
There are no CT scan findings associated with breast cancer. However, a CT scan may be helpful in staging and the diagnosis of complications of breast cancer, which include brain, bone, liver, lung, and peritoneal metastasis. A combination of CT scan with other imaging techniques such as PET scan increases its sensitivity.
CT scan
There are no CT scan findings associated with breast cancer. However, a CT scan may be helpful in staging and the diagnosis of complications of breast cancer, which include:
A combination of CT scan with other imaging techniques such as PET scan increases its sensitivity.[1]
References
- ↑ Lee EW, Grant JD, Mari C (2007). "Incidental PET/CT Detection of Breast Cancer in a Patient with Negative Mammogram and Breast Sonogram". Radiol Case Rep. 2 (3): 84. doi:10.2484/rcr.v2i3.84. PMC 4895072. PMID 27303476.