Thorotrast granuloma: an unexpected diagnosis.
An example of a Thorotrast granuloma (thorotrastoma) occurred in the neck of a patient 44 years after a carotid angiogram in which Thorotrast was used as radiological contrast medium. The lesion had produced a "cold" abscess and the patient was undergoing treatment for retropharyngeal tuberculosis. Thorotrast leakage can produce unusual clinical symptoms and signs which are frequently misdiagnosed.
Polacarz
S V
SV
Department of Pathology, Medical School, Sheffield.
Laing
R W
RW
Loomes
R
R
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000209:etiology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D013911:Thorium Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis
D013911:Thorium Dioxide