title: Cotton gauze foreign body granuloma following microvascular decompression.
abstract: We describe a case of a cotton gauze foreign-body granuloma developing 2 months after microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. This complication has not been previously described. Moreover, the patient's initial clinical and radiological findings were suggestive of an acoustic neuroma or meningioma at the time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sharr
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*