Suture Granuloma Showing False-Positive Findings on FDG-PET

We report a case of a 33-year-old male with a mixed germ-cell testicular tumor. Postoperative follow-up FDG-PET revealed concentration of FDG in the left inguinal area which is not tumor metastasis or local recurrence but suture reactivity granuloma. In this paper, we reviewed suture granulomas asso...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Takahara, Kohei, Kakinoki, Hiroaki, Ikoma, Saya, Udo, Kazuma, Tobu, Shohei, Satoh, Yuji, Tokuda, Yuji, Noguchi, Mitsuru, Aoki, Shigehisa, Uozumi, Jiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/472642
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Sumario:We report a case of a 33-year-old male with a mixed germ-cell testicular tumor. Postoperative follow-up FDG-PET revealed concentration of FDG in the left inguinal area which is not tumor metastasis or local recurrence but suture reactivity granuloma. In this paper, we reviewed suture granulomas associated with false-positive findings on FDG-PET after surgery. If FDG-PET will be used more frequently in the future, it will be necessary to refrain from using silk thread in order to prevent any unnecessary surgery.

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