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Kikuchi-Fujimoto lymphadenitis imitating metastatic melanoma on positron emission tomography: a case report

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Title
Kikuchi-Fujimoto lymphadenitis imitating metastatic melanoma on positron emission tomography: a case report
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BMC Surgery, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12893-015-0036-y
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Peter Urbanellis, Laura Chin-Lenn, Carolin J Teman, J Gregory McKinnon

Abstract

Accurate staging is critical for decision-making for the treatment of malignant conditions. Fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) is a highly sensitive imaging modality for the assessment distant metastases; however false positive results are possible due to its lower specificity with detection of other hypermetabolic pathologies. A patient with high-risk thigh melanoma was staged with FDG PET-CT. Four ipsilateral inguinal nodes (three superficial, one deep) demonstrated intense hypermetabolic activity. Metastatic melanoma was confirmed in the largest superficial inguinal node with ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration. Histopathology demonstrated metastatic melanoma in one superficial node and histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, also known as Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in five deep inguinal nodes. This case illustrates a false positive FDG PET-CT due to coincidental, synchronous melanoma and Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in the same draining lymph node basin.

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Unknown 8 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 3 38%
Professor 1 13%
Student > Bachelor 1 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 13%
Unknown 2 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 63%
Neuroscience 1 13%
Unknown 2 25%
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