Foreign Body Abscess Mimicking a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Patient With Neurofibromatosis Type 1

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Foreign Body Abscess Mimicking a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Patient With Neurofibromatosis Type 1. / Salamon, Johannes; Hagel, Christian; Friedrich, Reinhard E; Mautner, Viktor-Felix; Derlin, Thorsten.

in: CLIN NUCL MED, Jahrgang 40, Nr. 8, 08.2015, S. 674-675.

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@article{28a9df987d124c818d3c29910bd859d6,
title = "Foreign Body Abscess Mimicking a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Patient With Neurofibromatosis Type 1",
abstract = "We report a case of a 47-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 presenting with a growing and painful lesion within the right thigh, suggesting a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. MRI showed a T2-weighted hyperintense lesion with surrounding edema and contrast enhancement. F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated inhomogeneously increased tracer uptake within the right thigh. Histopathologic evaluation revealed a foreign body with purulent fibroinflammatory reaction. F-FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive tool for detection of malignant transformation in neurofibromatosis type 1, but false-positive findings may be observed in benign lesions, for example, inflammatory processes.",
author = "Johannes Salamon and Christian Hagel and Friedrich, {Reinhard E} and Viktor-Felix Mautner and Thorsten Derlin",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1097/RLU.0000000000000824",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "674--675",
journal = "CLIN NUCL MED",
issn = "0363-9762",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "8",

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T1 - Foreign Body Abscess Mimicking a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Patient With Neurofibromatosis Type 1

AU - Salamon, Johannes

AU - Hagel, Christian

AU - Friedrich, Reinhard E

AU - Mautner, Viktor-Felix

AU - Derlin, Thorsten

PY - 2015/8

Y1 - 2015/8

N2 - We report a case of a 47-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 presenting with a growing and painful lesion within the right thigh, suggesting a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. MRI showed a T2-weighted hyperintense lesion with surrounding edema and contrast enhancement. F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated inhomogeneously increased tracer uptake within the right thigh. Histopathologic evaluation revealed a foreign body with purulent fibroinflammatory reaction. F-FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive tool for detection of malignant transformation in neurofibromatosis type 1, but false-positive findings may be observed in benign lesions, for example, inflammatory processes.

AB - We report a case of a 47-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 presenting with a growing and painful lesion within the right thigh, suggesting a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. MRI showed a T2-weighted hyperintense lesion with surrounding edema and contrast enhancement. F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated inhomogeneously increased tracer uptake within the right thigh. Histopathologic evaluation revealed a foreign body with purulent fibroinflammatory reaction. F-FDG PET/CT is a highly sensitive tool for detection of malignant transformation in neurofibromatosis type 1, but false-positive findings may be observed in benign lesions, for example, inflammatory processes.

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DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000824

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

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VL - 40

SP - 674

EP - 675

JO - CLIN NUCL MED

JF - CLIN NUCL MED

SN - 0363-9762

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