@article{article_225962, title={Unexpected complication or diagnostic clue: exaggerated pain during fine needle aspiration biopsy of a neck mass}, journal={Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University}, volume={21}, pages={93–96}, year={2014}, url={https://izlik.org/JA43RZ82WP}, author={Üstüner, Evren and Akkaya, Zehra and Düşünceli Atman, Ebru and Uzun, Çağlar and Ceyhan, Koray}, keywords={Traumatic neuroma, biopsy, ultrasonography}, abstract={Traumatic neuromas are known to occur anywhere in the body, but they can develop at any site where a nerve is damaged. In this case, a traumatic neuroma which arose in the neck after lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma is reported with its sonographic findings. Severe pain during biopsy procedure is also a diagnostic clue for this condition. A traumatic neuroma is a thwarted attempt by a nerve, injured or severed by prior trauma or surgery, to regenerate, resulting in a tangle of neural fibers and connective tissue. They are diagnosed some years after the trauma, usually by chance, as a small tumor near the scar that is tender to palpation or spontaneously painful.}, number={3}