Affiliations 

  • 1 Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Biomed Imaging Interv J, 2011 07 01;7(3):e19.
PMID: 22279496 MyJurnal DOI: 10.2349/biij.7.3.e19

Abstract

Foreign body granuloma is a reaction to either a biodegradable substance or inert material. In a breast cancer patient who had undergone an excision or mastectomy with axillary clearance, a foreign body granuloma in the axilla may be misinterpreted as an axillary lymph node. We report our experience with a case of cotton-ball granuloma of the axilla in a breast cancer patient, which mimics a lymph node radiologically from the CT scan, mammogram and ultrasonography. Following biopsy and excision, the mass was diagnosed histologically as a foreign body granuloma.

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