title: Cotton-ball granuloma mimicking axillary lymphadenopathy in a breast cancer patient.
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.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alli
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Faridah
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rahmat