Existence of Cotton Granuloma After Removal of a Parasagittal Meningioma : Clinical and Radiological Evaluation -A Case Report-

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Hemostatic agents, routinely used in neurosurgery to achieve intraoperativehemostasis may cause foreign body reaction. These may produce clinicallysymptomatic and radiologically apparent mass lesions. It should be kept in mind thatretained cotton or rayon materials may mimic the appearance of a tumor or an abscesson MRI scan, especially at sides of previous craniotomies. Here we report a case ofintracranial foreign body granuloma which occurred due to remained cottonoid afterremoval of a parasagittal meningioma. This entity was also documented by MRimaging technics included diffusion weighted, flair and ADC mapping.
神戸大学医学部の論文
2007-04-00