Foreign body granuloma of activated charcoal

Abdom Imaging. 2008 Jan-Feb;33(1):94-7. doi: 10.1007/s00261-007-9180-x.

Abstract

We present foreign body granulomas induced by activated charcoal from intraperitoneal chemotherapy and mimicked peritoneal metastases in the patients with gastric cancer. On CT, they were manifested as a peritoneal mass or thickening with variable shapes, including oval, round, bizarre, linear and even a molded shape due to where they were lodged, such as the pelvis and paracolic gutter. All the lesions showed high attenuation relative to muscle on the precontrast CT and showed positive findings on PET/CT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Charcoal / administration & dosage
  • Charcoal / adverse effects*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology*
  • Gastrectomy
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Charcoal
  • Mitomycin