RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Tongue Abscess Mimicking Neoplasia
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 2202
OP 2203
VO 27
IS 10
A1 Kim, H.J.
A1 Lee, B.J.
A1 Kim, S.J.
A1 Shim, W.-Y.
A1 Baik, S.K.
A1 Sunwoo, M.
YR 2006
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/10/2202.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Tongue abscess is a very rare condition about which only sparse imaging findings have been reported. In 2 patients, a submucosal malignant tumor was suspected because of the presence of a painful hard tongue mass with intact mucosal surface. Differential diagnosis of the tongue abscess or malignancy was difficult on MR imaging or positron emission tomography-CT. In careful retrospective history taking, the symptoms had dated from an episode of eating fish several months before presentation. Plain radiographs and noncontrast CT images of the pharynx revealed a foreign body within the lesion. Thus, we present the imaging findings of 2 cases of malignancy mimicking tongue abscess as a result of impaction of a fish bone.