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ArticleCase reports in radiology2025

Benign Enchondroma in a 40-Year-Old Female: Emphasizing the Importance of Early 18F-FES PET/CT Utilization.

Tamer M Dawud, Abdullah T Dawud

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Article in Case reports in radiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tamer M DawudDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Imaging Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7488-4181
Abdullah T DawudIndependent Researcher, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4199-6296

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Abstract

A 40-year-old female with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer underwent an initial staging using a technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (Tc-99m MDP) bone scan, which revealed abnormal uptake in the femur without a patient history of prior trauma or associated symptoms. Subsequently, an MRI confirmed the presence of a well-defined lesion in the upper left femur. To rule out metastatic disease, an 18F-fluoroestradiol (FES) PET/CT was performed, demonstrating no ER expression. Following the PET/CT, a biopsy confirmed the presence of an enchondroma. This case underscores the importance of early utilization of 18F-FES PET/CT in breast cancer staging to minimize unnecessary additional procedures/imaging.

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18F-FES PET/CTbiopsybone metastasisbreast cancerenchondromaTc-99m MDP

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PMID40791606
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