Korean Journal of Radiology

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Charcoal-Induced Granuloma That Mimicked a Nodal Metastasis on Ultrasonography and FDG-PET/CT after Neck Dissection

  • Choi, Jin Woo (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Moon, Won-Jin (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Nami (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Roh, Hong Gee (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Mi Young (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Na Ra (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Moon, Sung Gyu (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Hyun Woo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lim, So Dug (Department of Pathology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yang, Jung-Hyun (Department of Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2014.06.19
  • Accepted : 2014.10.17
  • Published : 2015.02.01
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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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