| Autor: |
Borghol K; Northern Health and Social Care Trust , UK., Gallagher G; Northern Health and Social Care Trust , UK., Skelly BL; Northern Health and Social Care Trust , UK. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England [Ann R Coll Surg Engl] 2016 Sep; Vol. 98 (7), pp. e118-20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 May 11. |
| DOI: |
10.1308/rcsann.2016.0166 |
| Abstrakt: |
A 56-year-old woman with a 10-year history of bilateral silicone breast implants presented to the ear, nose and throat outpatient clinic with a 2-month history of a right-sided neck lump. She was found to have a 1.3cm supraclavicular lymph node that gave the clinical impression of being reactive. Ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration was inconclusive and initial review of subsequent computed tomography failed to identify a cause. This was followed by excisional biopsy of the lymph node, which revealed a silicone granuloma that was linked to a ruptured right-sided breast implant placed ten years previously. This case highlights the importance for otolaryngologists to consider silicone granuloma among the differential diagnoses of cervical lymphadenopathy in patients with a history of silicone breast implants. Recognising this differential diagnosis could avoid undue anxiety for patient and clinician regarding more serious pathology. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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