Korean J Radiol.
2015 Feb;16(1):196-200. 10.3348/kjr.2015.16.1.196.
Charcoal-Induced Granuloma That Mimicked a Nodal Metastasis on Ultrasonography and FDG-PET/CT after Neck Dissection
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- 1Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 143-729, Korea. mdmoonwj@naver.com
- 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 143-729, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 143-729, Korea.
- 4Department of Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul 143-729, Korea.
- KMID: 2070000
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.1.196
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.
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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
Charcoal
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Radiopharmaceuticals
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