Breast incidentaloma: Cardiac PET readers beware

Breast incidentaloma: Cardiac PET readers beware

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Breast cancer remains one of the most common causes of cancer and cancer-related death in women.With increases in medical imaging utilization, incidentally detected cancer has become more prevalent.Specifically, breast cancer can be incidentally detected on nuclear cardiac imaging scans due to N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) its high metabolic activity and because the Me Christmas Sweater tumor may fall within the field of view during these studies.We report a unique case of ductal carcinoma in situ found on Nitrogen-13 ammonia myocardial perfusion positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) in a patient undergoing work up for chest pain.