title: Traumatic neuroma around the celiac trunk after gastrectomy mimicking a nodal metastasis: a case report.
abstract: Traumatic neuroma is a well-known disorder that occurs after trauma or surgery involving the peripheral nerve and develops from a nonneoplastic proliferation of the proximal end of a severed, partially transected, or injured nerve. We present a case of traumatic neuroma around the celiac trunk after gastrectomy in a 56-year-old man, which was confirmed by pathology. CT demonstrated the presence of a lobulated, homogeneous, hypoattenuating mass around the celiac trunk, mimicking a nodal metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. kjh2603@dsmc.or.kr
authors.forename: Jung Hyeok
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Seung Wan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Yu Na
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D002447:Celiac Plexus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005743:Gastrectomy; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017169:Neoplasms, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009463:Neuroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed