A diagnostic pitfall on cervical ultrasound: Lipoplastic lymphadenopathy mimicking malignancy
Ibrahim A. Bakari, Isaya Munisi, Gustave Buname, Mwajabu Saleh, Lulu Sakafu · 2026
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Ibrahim A. Bakari and colleagues describe a neck ultrasound pitfall in a 2026 case of lipoplastic lymphadenopathy imitating cancer. A 25-year-old woman had a slowly enlarging swelling at the back of her neck plus low-grade fever. Ultrasound showed several enlarged cervical nodes that had lost their normal fatty center and looked heterogeneous, features suggestive of malignancy, so excisional biopsy followed.
Tissue examination found reactive follicles with fat replacement of lymphoid tissue and no cancer, confirming this benign condition. The authors stress that imaging alone cannot separate benign mimics from malignant nodes, and biopsy remains decisive. The lump had grown bit by bit, with no pain at first, which shows why scans alone can mislead when nodes swell in the neck.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ibrahim A. Bakari, Isaya Munisi, Gustave Buname, Mwajabu Saleh, Lulu Sakafu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16471 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |