TY - JOUR
T1 - Difficult evaluation of thyroid cancer due to cervical paraffin injection
AU - Lee, Yong Sang
AU - Son, Eun Ju
AU - Kim, Bup Woo
AU - Chang, Hang Seok
AU - Park, Cheong Soo
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Paraffinoma is a well known complication of previous paraffin injection into the subcutaneous layer that presents as various conditions including firm mass formation, edema, induration, ulceration, and skin necrosis. Paraffinoma can mimic neoplasm on physical examination and imaging studies and may complicate ultrasonographic diagnoses due to typical posterior shadowing and high echogenicity. When paraffinomas involve around the thyroid gland, the diagnosis of thyroid tumors is very difficult. We present a case of thyroid cancer, the evaluation of which was complicated by the presence of cervical paraffinoma.
AB - Paraffinoma is a well known complication of previous paraffin injection into the subcutaneous layer that presents as various conditions including firm mass formation, edema, induration, ulceration, and skin necrosis. Paraffinoma can mimic neoplasm on physical examination and imaging studies and may complicate ultrasonographic diagnoses due to typical posterior shadowing and high echogenicity. When paraffinomas involve around the thyroid gland, the diagnosis of thyroid tumors is very difficult. We present a case of thyroid cancer, the evaluation of which was complicated by the presence of cervical paraffinoma.
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U2 - 10.4174/jkss.2011.81.Suppl1.S17
DO - 10.4174/jkss.2011.81.Suppl1.S17
M3 - Article
C2 - 22319731
AN - SCOPUS:84863030803
SN - 1226-0053
VL - 81
SP - S17-S20
JO - Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
JF - Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
IS - SUPPL. 1
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