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PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU - Kirsch, C.F.E.
AU - Suh, J.D.
AU - Lufkin, R.B.
AU - Canalis, R.F.
TI - False-Positive Positron-Emission Tomography-CT of a Teflon Granuloma in the Parapharyngeal Space Occurring after Treatment for a Patulous Eustachian Tube
AID - 10.3174/ajnr.A0554
DP - 2007 Aug 01
TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG - 1371--1372
VI - 28
IP - 7
4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/7/1371.short
4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/7/1371.full
SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2007 Aug 01; 28
AB - SUMMARY: This report presents a 55-year-old woman who underwent 2 Teflon injections in 1971 for a patulous eustachian tube. The patient returned in 2006 with a bloody left otorrhea. A positron-emission tomography-CT scan demonstrated a 2-cm hypermetabolic parapharyngeal mass, initially interpreted as a skull base tumor. Repeat neck CT confirmed a 2-cm hyperattenuated left parapharyngeal granulomatous mass. This is the first reported case of a Teflon granuloma presenting as a false-positive parapharyngeal mass.