Citation

Le ST, Nguyen BD. Clin. Nucl. Med. 2014; 39(4): e292-5.

Affiliation

From the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/RLU.0b013e31829960d8

PMID

23877517

Abstract

The authors present a case of F-FDG-avid granulomatous reaction induced by fireworks injury of the chest wall in a patient with esophageal adenocarcinoma. This hypermetabolic lesion, involving the right pectoralis muscles, appeared slightly more prominent on restaging PET/CT imaging following chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Excisional biopsy of the lesion established the diagnosis of foreign-body granulomatous-type inflammation with surrounding foci of non-polarizable black foreign material and ruled out malignancy. The patient recalled accidentally shooting himself in the chest with a Roman candle at the age of 3.

Language: en