Hydrophilic polymer microembolism with cutaneous involvement observed incidentally in a patient undergoing endovascular procedures: a case report

J Cutan Pathol. 2016 Jul;43(7):632-4. doi: 10.1111/cup.12711. Epub 2016 Apr 6.

Authors

Keisuke Goto¹, Toshihiro Takai², Kazuyuki Nishimura³, Yoshimi Oshitani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kainan Hospital, Aichi, Japan. [email protected].
² Department of Dermatology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Hyogo, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Kainan Hospital, Aichi, Japan.

PMID: 27060986
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12711

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac catheterization; emboli; embolism; foreign body; hydrophilic polymer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Infarction / etiology*
Buttocks
Cardiac Catheterization
Embolism / etiology*
Endovascular Procedures
Foreign Bodies
Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymers / adverse effects*
Skin Diseases / pathology*

Substances

Polymers