Benign schwannoma in supraclavicular region: a false-positive lymph node recurrence of breast cancer suspected by PET scan.

Autor:	Perniola, Giorgia, Tomao, Federica, Fischetti, Margherita, Lio, Stephanie, Pecorella, Irene, Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi
Předmět:	POSITRON emission tomography BREAST cancer CANCER relapse LYMPH nodes HISTOLOGY FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine) ACOUSTIC neuroma
Zdroj:	Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics; Sep2014, Vol. 290 Issue 3, p583-586, 4p, 2 Color Photographs
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Positron emission tomography (PET) is the most accurate imaging modalities to detect malignancies. And it helps to take decisions regarding diagnosis, staging, recurrence, and therapeutical management. Case presentation: We report a case of a suspected supraclavicular lymph node relapse, diagnosed by PET-CT in a breast cancer patient. The lymph node was surgically removed in outpatient with local anesthesia. Histological findings diagnosed a benign Schwannoma. In this patient PET-CT failed to distinguish benign tumors from metastatic supraclavicular lymph nodes. Conclusion: This case confirms the need to investigate histologically suspected supraclavicular lesions, during breast cancer follow up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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