NOT ALL THAT GLITTERS IS TUMOUR: Radiological finding of a plugoma and review of the literature

Abstract

Background. The imaging of “plugoma” (or meshoma) has not been largely described in the literature and could conduct to misdiagnosis. Therefore, there is a need for surgeons and radiologists to further their knowledge about postsurgical anatomic alterations after hernia repair. Case presentation In this paper, we describe our finding of a right inguinal mass at CT scan and 18F FDG PET/CT in differential diagnosis with metastasis, which ultimately resulted in a plugoma. Conclusion Our imagining effort together with our considerations may help other colleague to identify this alteration, thus avoiding unnecessary treatment for patients.