72-year-old female with abnormal mammogram

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72-year-old female with an abnormal diagnostic mammogram and breast biopsy underwent breast-specific gamma imaging.
Q. Which of the following is true with respect to breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) and the detection of breast cancer?



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8 Comments

  • eithar allami 12/15/2010 2:49:16 AM

    i do it preop to detect metastases to axilary LN

  • Larry Grissom 11/18/2010 7:13:27 PM

    For BSGI biopsies, there is now recently developed and approved Gamma Loc which looks similar to Breast MRI biopsy grid apparatus. I have not used this device.

  • Hanan Gewefel 11/18/2010 1:47:30 PM

    No, it will not replace the mammography. Its functional test not anatomical,how we can localize the lesion if suspiicous.
    Hanan Gewefel,M.D

  • Rajiv Shah 11/18/2010 12:46:32 PM

    Gamma imaging did not pick up the node?

  • Diane Lovell 11/15/2010 10:14:33 PM

    BSGI will never be a screening exam given the radiation dose to the breast, but it is a problem solver. It is usefull in the right clinical setting. It uses the same dose as a myocardial perfusion study, which is frequently ordered and performed without discussion regarding the breast dose.

  • jaider gomez diaz 11/15/2010 10:43:58 AM

    Thank you, everytime I feel that the more advanced conocimieno our ability to memorize. Wait for me the technology and expertise can be applied in developing countries. Greetings from Venezuela.

  • Michael Petruschak 11/13/2010 8:04:15 AM

    One must remember that a single BSGI study is equal to a lifetime of mammograms in regards to the radiation dose.
    Michael Petruschak MD

  • sandeep saluja 11/12/2010 7:07:43 PM

    In which clinical situations apart from dense breasts,will one choose this modality over mammography?
    Will it replace mammography as a screening tool?

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