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Foreign body granuloma

MedGen UID:
6672
•Concept ID:
C0018193
•
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Foreign Body Granuloma; Foreign-Body Granuloma; Foreign-Body Granulomas; Granuloma, Foreign Body; Granuloma, Foreign-Body; Granulomas, Foreign-Body
SNOMED CT: Foreign body granuloma (37058002)

Definition

An inflammatory lesion comprised of epithelioid histiocytes and chronic inflammation that is caused by the presence of extraneous material. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVForeign body granuloma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Orbital Approaches for Treatment of Carotid Cavernous Fistulas: A Systematic Review.
Phan K, Xu J, Leung V, Teng I, Sheik-Ali S, Maharaj M, Mobbs R, Rao PJ
World Neurosurg 2016 Dec;96:243-251. Epub 2016 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.087. PMID: 27586179
Amalgam tattoo (amalgam pigmentation) of the oral mucosa: clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment.
Buchner A
Refuat Hapeh Vehashinayim (1993) 2004 Apr;21(2):19-22, 96. PMID: 15503543
Foreign body granuloma at the exit site in patients on CAPD: use of 1% gentian violet as topical treatment.
Moysés-Neto M, Cherubini A, Batista ME, Raspanti EO, Vieira-Neto OM, Nakagawa B, Conceição AM, Feres MR, Vannucchi MT
Perit Dial Int 1997 Sep-Oct;17(5):509-11. PMID: 9358534

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Conjunctival Foreign Body Granuloma after Pterygium Excision and Adaptation by Polyglactin Sutures.
Gerding H, Lipke K, Raak P, Brabeck C, Schlageter M, Tappeiner C, Goldblum D
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2023 Apr;240(4):391-393. Epub 2023 Apr 25 doi: 10.1055/a-2004-5330. PMID: 37164416
Adverse reactions to the injection of face and neck aesthetic filling materials: a systematic review.
Machado RA, Oliveira LQ, Martelli-Júnior H, Pires FR, Carvas JB, Rogerio VE, Rabelo VD, Coletta RD
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2023 May 1;28(3):e278-e284. doi: 10.4317/medoral.25713. PMID: 36565218Free PMC Article
A foreign body granuloma after the usage of polyglycolic acid mesh and fibrin glue for dural repair. A case report.
Kawabata A, Inose H, Ukegawa D, Kawabata S, Yamada T, Okawa A
J Orthop Sci 2017 Mar;22(2):371-374. Epub 2015 Sep 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2015.08.003. PMID: 26740434
The gouty tophus: a review.
Chhana A, Dalbeth N
Curr Rheumatol Rep 2015 Mar;17(3):19. doi: 10.1007/s11926-014-0492-x. PMID: 25761926
Sclerosing lipogranuloma of the nose: a new treatment using adipose tissue transplantation.
Sinrachtanant C, Tantinikorn W, Warnnissorn M, Assanasen P
Facial Plast Surg 2003 Nov;19(4):363-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-815656. PMID: 14737705

Diagnosis

Punctal Plug Granuloma After Blepharoplasty.
Goodyear K, Pirakitikulr N, Rootman DB
JAMA Ophthalmol 2023 Oct 1;141(10):e232462. Epub 2023 Oct 19 doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.2462. PMID: 37855838
Conjunctival Foreign Body Granuloma after Pterygium Excision and Adaptation by Polyglactin Sutures.
Gerding H, Lipke K, Raak P, Brabeck C, Schlageter M, Tappeiner C, Goldblum D
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2023 Apr;240(4):391-393. Epub 2023 Apr 25 doi: 10.1055/a-2004-5330. PMID: 37164416
Adverse reactions to the injection of face and neck aesthetic filling materials: a systematic review.
Machado RA, Oliveira LQ, Martelli-Júnior H, Pires FR, Carvas JB, Rogerio VE, Rabelo VD, Coletta RD
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2023 May 1;28(3):e278-e284. doi: 10.4317/medoral.25713. PMID: 36565218Free PMC Article
Foreign body granuloma from a gunshot injury to the breast.
Chung HL, Leung JWT
Clin Imaging 2020 Dec;68:197-201. Epub 2020 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.08.021. PMID: 32892104
Occupational dermatosis.
Alchorne Ade O, Alchorne MM, Silva MM
An Bras Dermatol 2010 Mar-Apr;85(2):137-45; quiz 146-7. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962010000200003. PMID: 20520928

Therapy

Imaging Features and Complications of Facial Cosmetic Procedures.
de Sousa AMS, Duarte AC, Decnop M, Guimarães DF, Coelho Neto CAF, Sarpi MO, Duarte LGP, Souza SA, Segato LF, Zavariz JD, Mukherji SK, Garcia MRT
Radiographics 2023 Dec;43(12):e230060. doi: 10.1148/rg.230060. PMID: 37943699
Punctal Plug Granuloma After Blepharoplasty.
Goodyear K, Pirakitikulr N, Rootman DB
JAMA Ophthalmol 2023 Oct 1;141(10):e232462. Epub 2023 Oct 19 doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.2462. PMID: 37855838
Conjunctival Foreign Body Granuloma after Pterygium Excision and Adaptation by Polyglactin Sutures.
Gerding H, Lipke K, Raak P, Brabeck C, Schlageter M, Tappeiner C, Goldblum D
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2023 Apr;240(4):391-393. Epub 2023 Apr 25 doi: 10.1055/a-2004-5330. PMID: 37164416
Adverse reactions to the injection of face and neck aesthetic filling materials: a systematic review.
Machado RA, Oliveira LQ, Martelli-Júnior H, Pires FR, Carvas JB, Rogerio VE, Rabelo VD, Coletta RD
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2023 May 1;28(3):e278-e284. doi: 10.4317/medoral.25713. PMID: 36565218Free PMC Article
Retroperitoneal barytoma.
Vandendris M, Giannakopoulos X
Urology 1981 Apr;17(4):358-9. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(81)90265-x. PMID: 7222329

Prognosis

Conjunctival Foreign Body Granuloma after Pterygium Excision and Adaptation by Polyglactin Sutures.
Gerding H, Lipke K, Raak P, Brabeck C, Schlageter M, Tappeiner C, Goldblum D
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2023 Apr;240(4):391-393. Epub 2023 Apr 25 doi: 10.1055/a-2004-5330. PMID: 37164416
Clinical and histopathological features of conjunctival "Teddy bear" granuloma: A case series.
Lozano-Bustillo A, Ríos Y Valles-Valles D, Hernández-Ayuso I, Rodríguez-Reyes AA
Eur J Ophthalmol 2022 Nov;32(6):3674-3678. Epub 2022 Mar 1 doi: 10.1177/11206721221083135. PMID: 35230194
Intracranial foreign material granulomas after cranial surgery.
Al-Afif S, Hatipoglu Majernik G, Hermann EJ, Esmaeilzadeh M, Hartmann C, Krauss JK
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2018 Nov;160(11):2069-2075. Epub 2018 Sep 6 doi: 10.1007/s00701-018-3663-0. PMID: 30187219
A foreign body granuloma after the usage of polyglycolic acid mesh and fibrin glue for dural repair. A case report.
Kawabata A, Inose H, Ukegawa D, Kawabata S, Yamada T, Okawa A
J Orthop Sci 2017 Mar;22(2):371-374. Epub 2015 Sep 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2015.08.003. PMID: 26740434
Microcalcifications on postoperative mammograms as an indicator of adequacy of tumor excision.
Gluck BS, Dershaw DD, Liberman L, Deutch BM
Radiology 1993 Aug;188(2):469-72. doi: 10.1148/radiology.188.2.8327699. PMID: 8327699

Clinical prediction guides

A foreign body granuloma after gastric perforation mimicking peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer: report of a case.
Akita H, Watanabe Y, Ishida H, Nakaguchi K, Okino T, Kabuto T
Surg Today 2009;39(9):795-9. Epub 2009 Sep 24 doi: 10.1007/s00595-008-3937-x. PMID: 19779777
A cholesterol-containing foreign body granuloma presenting as an inter-metatarsal bursa.
Campbell RS, Montgomery RJ
Skeletal Radiol 2005 Apr;34(4):239-43. Epub 2004 Jul 28 doi: 10.1007/s00256-004-0814-6. PMID: 15290127
Microcalcifications on postoperative mammograms as an indicator of adequacy of tumor excision.
Gluck BS, Dershaw DD, Liberman L, Deutch BM
Radiology 1993 Aug;188(2):469-72. doi: 10.1148/radiology.188.2.8327699. PMID: 8327699
Mechanisms of granulomatous inflammation.
Epstein WL, Fukuyama K
Immunol Ser 1989;46:687-721. PMID: 2488875
Arthrography using perfluorocarbon compounds.
Enzmann DR, Young S
Invest Radiol 1981 Jan-Feb;16(1):46-9. doi: 10.1097/00004424-198101000-00009. PMID: 7012088

Recent systematic reviews

Cyanoacrylate glue reactions: A systematic review, cases, and proposed mechanisms.
Athavale A, Thao M, Sassaki VS, Lewis M, Chandra V, Fukaya E
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord 2023 Jul;11(4):876-888.e1. Epub 2023 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2023.03.018. PMID: 37054883
Adverse reactions to the injection of face and neck aesthetic filling materials: a systematic review.
Machado RA, Oliveira LQ, Martelli-Júnior H, Pires FR, Carvas JB, Rogerio VE, Rabelo VD, Coletta RD
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2023 May 1;28(3):e278-e284. doi: 10.4317/medoral.25713. PMID: 36565218Free PMC Article
Spilled gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review.
Salati SA, Alfehaid M, Alsuwaydani S, AlSulaim L
Pol Przegl Chir 2022 May 24;95(2):1-20. doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0015.8571. PMID: 36805307
Foreign Body Granuloma After Cranial Surgery: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases.
Akhaddar A, Turgut AT, Turgut M
World Neurosurg 2018 Dec;120:457-475. Epub 2018 Sep 27 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.143. PMID: 30267951
Intracranial foreign material granulomas after cranial surgery.
Al-Afif S, Hatipoglu Majernik G, Hermann EJ, Esmaeilzadeh M, Hartmann C, Krauss JK
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2018 Nov;160(11):2069-2075. Epub 2018 Sep 6 doi: 10.1007/s00701-018-3663-0. PMID: 30187219

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