Cotton-ball granuloma mimicking axillary lymphadenopathy in a breast cancer patient.
Biomed Imaging Interv J 2012;
7:e19. [PMID:
22279496 PMCID:
PMC3265191 DOI:
10.2349/biij.7.3.e19]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Revised: 03/27/2011] [Accepted: 03/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Foreign body granuloma is a reaction to either a biodegradable substance or inert material. In a breast cancer patient who had undergone an excision or mastectomy with axillary clearance, a foreign body granuloma in the axilla may be misinterpreted as an axillary lymph node. We report our experience with a case of cotton-ball granuloma of the axilla in a breast cancer patient, which mimics a lymph node radiologically from the CT scan, mammogram and ultrasonography. Following biopsy and excision, the mass was diagnosed histologically as a foreign body granuloma.
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