Active Herpes Zoster Mimicking Worsening of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases of Breast Cancer after Chemotherapy on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron-Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography.
PET/CT
axillary lymph node metastases
breast cancer
herpes zoster
lymphadenopathy
Journal
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2075-4418
Titre abrégé: Diagnostics (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101658402
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Jun 2021
14 Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
20
04
2021
revised:
28
05
2021
accepted:
11
06
2021
entrez:
2
7
2021
pubmed:
3
7
2021
medline:
3
7
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A woman in her 60s presented to our hospital with a left breast mass that was diagnosed as breast cancer. 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) revealed intense, hot uptake in the cancerous mass and left axillary lymph node metastasis. After chemotherapy, another PET/CT scan was performed. Although the mass and left axillary lymph nodes shrank and FDG uptake decreased, enlarged lymph nodes with high FDG uptake appeared in the right axilla. The patient had a painful vesicular eruption on the front to the back of the right upper hemithorax, which was diagnosed as active herpes zoster. Active herpes zoster mimics a worsening axillary lymph node metastasis on the PET/CT scan.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34198598
pii: diagnostics11061085
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11061085
pmc: PMC8232124
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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