Does The Following Test Report Suggest Malignancy?

Posted on Sat, 25 Jun 2016

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Question : what does minimal widespread diffuse fdg uptake in breasts mean? also had suv of less than 2, said it was not suggestive of malignancy in recent pet/ct scan for cancer sread.

female 48 yr old 5'61/2" 177 pounds

Answered by Dr. Deepak Sundriyal (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Hello dear. It does not mean malignancy.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear.Welcome to HCM. Minimal widespread uptake does not mean malignancy. The malignancy in breast is usually a focal or multi focal uptake but never diffuse and the SUV is more than 4.
You need not to worry for it.
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