TY - JOUR
T1 - Benign schwannoma in supraclavicular region
T2 - A false-positive lymph node recurrence of breast cancer suspected by PET scan
AU - Perniola, Giorgia
AU - Tomao, Federica
AU - Fischetti, Margherita
AU - Lio, Stephanie
AU - Pecorella, Irene
AU - Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - PET/CT
KW - Shwannoma
KW - Supraclavicular breast cancer relapse
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U2 - 10.1007/s00404-014-3241-5
DO - 10.1007/s00404-014-3241-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 24744055
AN - SCOPUS:84905907702
VL - 290
SP - 583
EP - 586
JO - Archives of Gynecology
JF - Archives of Gynecology
SN - 0170-9925
IS - 3
ER -