Abstract
Postsurgical anatomic alterations and placement of prosthetic materials may cause misdiagnosis, leading to unnecessary patient work-up. Reading physicians must be aware of common and uncommon postoperative imaging appearances and their pitfalls. In this case report, we present the appearance of a postsurgical hernia repair plug on PET/CT, also called plugoma or meshoma.
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Published online Feb. 28, 2020.
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18F-FDG PET/CT Appearance of Plugoma
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