Oxidized cellulose (Surgicel) granulomata mimicking tumour recurrence.
Oxidized cellulose (Surgicel) has been used as a haemostatic agent in neurosurgery for five decades. Complications have been few. Two cases are reported of granulomatous reaction to oxidised cellulose two months and twelve months after removal of intracranial meningiomas. Both appeared as contrast enhancing space occupying lesions on CT scan and were taken for recurrence of the tumour.
Sandhu
G S
GS
Department of Neurosurgery, North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, Staff, UK.
Elexpuru-Camiruaga
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JA
Buckley
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D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; C013695:Surgicel