title: Nonhealing wound resulting from a foreign-body reaction to a radial arterial sheath.
abstract: Several patients developed sterile inflammation at their radial arterial access site. Pathologic examination of biopsy material from one patient demonstrated a foreign-body reaction to material most likely from the gel-coated arterial access sheath. Surgical excision of the inflamed tissue resulted in healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: W Charles
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Sternbergh
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Ian C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*