[Intrathoracic gossypiboma interpreted as bronchogenic carcinoma. Another false positive with positron emission tomography].
Gossypibomas from inflammatory reactions to textile foreign bodies are a rare postoperative complication and are easily confused with neoplastic processes because of their diversity of symptoms and radiographic signs. Positron emission tomography (PET) is seldom used to diagnose gossypibomas and PET findings can result in false positives for a diagnosis of neoplastic disease. We describe the case of a 56-year-old man in whom PET findings showed an intrathoracic mass suggesting a tumor. The final diagnosis was gossypiboma, identified 23 years after pneumothorax surgery.
García de Llanos
César
C
Sección de Neumología, Hospital General de Fuerteventura, 35600 Puerto del Rosario, Las Palmas, Spain. CEYPI@telefonica.net
Cabrera Navarro
Pedro
P
Freixinet Gilart
Jorge
J
Rodríguez Suárez
Pedro
P
Hussein Serhald
Mohamed
M
Romero Saavedra
Teresa
T
D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013909:Thorax