Charcoal-Induced Granuloma That Mimicked a Nodal Metastasis on Ultrasonography and FDG-PET/CT after Neck Dissection.
10.3348/kjr.2015.16.1.196
- Author:
Jin Woo CHOI
1
;
Won Jin MOON
;
Nami CHOI
;
Hong Gee ROH
;
Mi Young KIM
;
Na Ra KIM
;
Sung Gyu MOON
;
Hyun Woo CHUNG
;
So Dug LIM
;
Jung Hyun YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 143-729, Korea. mdmoonwj@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Charcoal granuloma;
FDG-PET/CT;
Ultrasound, Neck
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms/pathology/surgery/therapy;
Carcinoma/*pathology/surgery/therapy;
Cervix Uteri/pathology/ultrasonography;
Charcoal/toxicity;
Female;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/diagnostic use;
Granuloma/*diagnosis/pathology;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes/*surgery/ultrasonography;
Lymphatic Metastasis;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2015;16(1):196-200
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Charcoal can be used for preoperative localization of metastatic lymph nodes in the neck. Charcoal remains stable without causing foreign body reactions during as hort period. However, foreign body reactions may develop if charcoal is left in situ for more than 6 months. We reported a case of charcoal granuloma mimicking local recurrence on fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography and ultrasonography in a 47-year-old woman who had cervical lymph node dissection due to metastatic invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast.
