Contralateral Internal Mammary Lymphadenopathy Mimicking Metastasis in a Patient with a History of Breast Cancer and Prior Interstitial Mammoplasty by Paraffin Injection: MRI, PET-CT, and Pathological Findings
10.13104/imri.2018.22.4.245
- Author:
Kyung Jin NAM
1
;
Ki Seok CHOO
;
Jee Yeon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Gyeongnam, Korea. kschoo0618@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Paraffin;
Lymphadenopathy;
Internal mammary lymph nodes;
Breast cancer metastasis;
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI);
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT)
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms;
Breast;
Female;
Fibrosis;
Foreign Bodies;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Mammaplasty;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Paraffin
- From:Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2018;22(4):245-248
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Foreign body injections into breasts may produce foreign body reactions, fibrosis, and local swelling of involved lymph nodes, which can be misdiagnosed as metastasis or malignancy. Here, the authors report MR imaging, PET-CT imaging, and pathologic findings of contralateral internal mammary lymphadenopathy suspicious of breast cancer metastasis in a 58-year-old woman with history of left breast cancer, and previous interstitial mammoplasty by paraffin injection in both breasts.
