1.Foreign Body Granulomas of the Breast Presenting as Bilateral Spiculated Masses.
Boo Kyung HAN ; Yeon Hyeon CHOE ; Young Hyeh KO ; Seok Jin NAM ; Jung Hyun YANG
Korean Journal of Radiology 2001;2(2):113-116
In Asia, mammography following the injection of foreign materials into the breasts for cosmetic augmentation is frequently seen and diagnosis based on the typical radiologic findings is straightforward. We report the unusual radiologic findings in two patients with foreign body granulomas caused by injected foreign materials and discovered incidentally during screening work up. The mammographic findings were bilateral, hyperdense, spiculated masses, with occasional microcalcification, and at sonography, markedly hypoechoic, spiculated solid masses, located near the pectoralis muscle and partly extending into it, were observed. These radiologic findings mimicked malignancy.
Breast Neoplasms/radiography
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Case Report
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Cholesterol
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Esthetics
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Female
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Granuloma, Foreign-Body/etiology/*radiography/*ultrasonography
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Human
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Injections/adverse effects
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Mammography
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Middle Age
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Paraffin
2.Suture Granuloma Mimicking Recurrent Thyroid Carcinoma on Ultrasonography.
Yong Eun CHUNG ; Eun Kyung KIM ; Min Jung KIM ; Mijin YUN ; Soon Won HONG
Yonsei Medical Journal 2006;47(5):748-751
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.
Thyroidectomy/*adverse effects
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Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography
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Sutures/*adverse effects
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography
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Humans
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Granuloma, Foreign-Body/*diagnosis/etiology/ultrasonography
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Female
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle
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Adult