Suture granulomas developing after the treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Suture granuloma is a benign tumor that develops because of the presence of surgical suture materials. It commonly occurs several years after different types of surgeries. Here we report a case involving a 64-year-old man who underwent head and neck surgery for oral squamous cell carcinoma and developed multiple suture granulomas mimicking tumor recurrence in the radiation field just a few days after the completion of adjuvant chemoradiation therapy.

Presentation of case

The patient underwent surgery for lymph node metastasis in the neck at 6 months after the resection of primary oral squamous cell carcinoma. Fifteen days after the completion of adjuvant chemoradiation therapy at a total dose of 50 Gy, small nodules appeared in the radiation field, along the are

SUBMITTER: Yoshioka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6085222 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature