title: False-Positive Axillary Lymph Nodes Due to Silicone Adenitis on (18)F-FDG PET/CT in an Oncological Setting.
abstract: The case of a 49-year-old transgender individual with a history of bilateral silicone breast implants and a right lung mass proven by biopsy to be a non-small cell lung cancer is presented. In addition to the primary malignancy, a positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan showed contralateral hypermetabolic adenopathy in the left axilla that was suggestive of nodal metastatic disease. Additional imaging and histological examination of the lymph nodes indicated silicone breast implant leakage and silicone adenitis as the underlying cause of the hypermetabolic axillary lymph node.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, Reepkaai 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: ludovic.d'hulst@azgroeninge.be.
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'hulst
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, Reepkaai 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Daniël
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nicolaij
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, Reepkaai 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium; University of Leuven, Kulak, Etienne Sabbelaan 53, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beels
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, Reepkaai 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; University of Leuven, Kulak, Etienne Sabbelaan 53, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gheysens
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, President Kennedylaan 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Herwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alaerts
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, Reepkaai 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van de Wiele
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge, Reepkaai 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium; University of Leuven, Kulak, Etienne Sabbelaan 53, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maes
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012828:Silicones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D063106:Transgender Persons
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012828:Silicones; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18