A Case of Foreign Body Granuloma of the Posterior Mediastinum.
10.4046/trd.1998.45.3.609
- Author:
Eui Hyuk CHOI
1
;
Jong Hoon YOO
;
Jeong Seok LEE
;
Su Hee HONG
;
Hyung Joo GWON
;
Young Woo PARK
;
Moo Yeol LEE
;
Chul Ho LEE
;
Jung Hyun BANG
;
Sung Gyun IM
;
Soon Chul HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Foreign body granuloma;
Posterior mediastinum;
Oxidized cellulose
- MeSH:
Capillaries;
Cellulose, Oxidized;
Foreign Bodies*;
Granuloma, Foreign-Body*;
Hemorrhage;
Hemostasis;
Humans;
Male;
Mediastinum*;
Sympathectomy;
Thorax;
Young Adult
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1998;45(3):609-613
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
21-year-old male was admitted for evaluation of a mass shadow on chest film. On chest computed tomography showed 5 cm sized homogeneous low density based on the second thoracic vertebral body in the posterior mediastinum. The patient had been performed thoracic sympathectomy 6 months before admission and oxidized cellulose was used for hemostasis at that operation Surgical resection was performed and microscopic result was foreign body granuloma caused by oxidized cellulose. Oxidized cellulose is an absorbable sterile mesh and used to control capillary or venous bleeding. Although the manufacturer recommends its removal after hemostasis is achieved, in clinical practice it is usually left in situ to reabsorb spontaneously, usually with no untoward effect.
