Suture Granuloma Mimicking Recurrent Thyroid Carcinoma on Ultrasonography

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 (FD...

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Autores principales: Chung, Yong Eun, Kim, Eun-Kyung, Kim, Min Jung, Yun, Mijin, Hong, Soon Won
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17066522
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2006.47.5.748
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Sumario: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.

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