Article: Abrupt onset of suture granuloma 27 years after hemithyroidectomy.
Journal of surgical case reports
2023 Volume 2023, Issue 6, Page(s) rjad284
Abstract: Suture granuloma is a rare complication after thyroidectomy and usually manifests as a chronic inflammation mimicking cancer or even tuberculous lymphadenitis and can be expected within the first 2 postoperative years. We report the case of a 53-year-old ...
| Abstract | Suture granuloma is a rare complication after thyroidectomy and usually manifests as a chronic inflammation mimicking cancer or even tuberculous lymphadenitis and can be expected within the first 2 postoperative years. We report the case of a 53-year-old woman who presented, 27 years after her first hemithyroidectomy, with a sudden onset of a growing lump on the same site. Neck magnetic resonance imaging revealed a fast-growing tumor suggestive of a cancerous lesion. An excisional biopsy revealed only acute inflammation with pus formation. During surgery, we excised 20 thickly ligated sutures from the neck. These sutures were suggested to have caused the suture granulomas. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-06-05 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Case Reports |
| ZDB-ID | 2580919-2 |
| ISSN | 2042-8812 |
| ISSN | 2042-8812 |
| DOI | 10.1093/jscr/rjad284 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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