PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kim, H.J.
AU  - Lee, B.J.
AU  - Kim, S.J.
AU  - Shim, W.-Y.
AU  - Baik, S.K.
AU  - Sunwoo, M.
TI  - Tongue Abscess Mimicking Neoplasia
DP  - 2006 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 2202--2203
VI  - 27
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/10/2202.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/10/2202.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 Nov 01; 27
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.