title: Polyacrylamide soft tissue filler nodule mimicking a mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
abstract: A 39-year-old woman is described in whom histopathologic examination of a nodule of the cheek mucosa was suggestive of a mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Only after the availability of a wider surgical specimen was a distinct foreign body reaction to polyacrylamide soft tissue filler observed. On inquiry, the patient admitted to having this filler injected into her nasolabial folds 3 years previously.
authors.affiliation: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Karagozoglu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van der Waal
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015743:Giant Cells, Foreign-Body / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000099166:Polyacrylamides
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020100:Hydrogels; D000099166:Polyacrylamides; C486838:Aquamid