Intracranial foreign body granuloma caused by dural tenting suture

Br J Neurosurg. 2011 Oct;25(5):652-4. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2011.568641.

Abstract

Our patient presented with a mass lesion mimicking a meningioma. The mass was resected, but pathological examination confirmed a foreign body granuloma, which was caused by silk fibres used as tenting sutures 8 years previously. Herein, we describe the case and review the neurosurgical literature on intracranial foreign body granulomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / etiology
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Craniotomy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / diagnostic imaging*
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / etiology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / pathology
  • Humans
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Radiography
  • Silk / adverse effects*
  • Suture Techniques
  • Sutures / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Silk