Suture Granuloma Mimicking Recurrent Thyroid Carcinoma on Ultrasonography.
10.3349/ymj.2006.47.5.748
- Author:
Yong Eun CHUNG
1
;
Eun Kyung KIM
;
Min Jung KIM
;
Mijin YUN
;
Soon Won HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ekkim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyroid;
ultrasonography;
foreign bodies;
granuloma
- MeSH:
Thyroidectomy/*adverse effects;
Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography;
Sutures/*adverse effects;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography;
Humans;
Granuloma, Foreign-Body/*diagnosis/etiology/ultrasonography;
Female;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Adult
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2006;47(5):748-751
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Although high resolution ultrasonography (US) is helpful in the differentiation of suture granulomas from recurrent thyroid cancer in most cases, a definite diagnosis cannot always be made. We report a case that mimicked recurrent thyroid cancer on US and 2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET), but diagnosis of a suture granuloma was confirmed by a US-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). In order to avoid unnecessary operations, the differential diagnosis between postoperative suture granulomas and recurrent cancer is important.
