OXIDIZED CELLULOSE (SURGICEL(R)) GRANULOMATA MIMICKING TUMOR RECURRENCE

Authors
SANDHU GS ELEXPURUCAMIRUAGA JA BUCKLEY S
Citation
Gs. Sandhu et al., OXIDIZED CELLULOSE (SURGICEL(R)) GRANULOMATA MIMICKING TUMOR RECURRENCE, British journal of neurosurgery, 10(6), 1996, pp. 617-619
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
10
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
617 - 619
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1996)10:6<617:OC(GMT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Oxidized cellulose (Surgicel(R)) has been used as a haemostatic agent in neurosurgery for five decades. Complications have been few. Two cas es are reported of granulomatous reaction to oxidised cellulose two mo nths and twelve months after removal of intracranial meningiomas. Both appeared as contrast enhancing space occupying lesions on CT scan and were taken for recurrence of the tumour.