Foreign-body granuloma following bilateral facial reconstruction with an omental flap

Plast Reconstr Surg. 1988 May;81(5):771-4. doi: 10.1097/00006534-198805000-00022.

Abstract

Bilateral facial reconstruction using an omental free-flap transfer for soft-tissue augmentation was performed on a 23-year-old man who had undergone previous surgical resection of an embryonal-cell rhabdomyosarcoma followed by radiation and chemotherapy. Eight weeks following surgery, the patient presented with pain and edema from a foreign-body reaction documented by electron microscopy. This was successfully managed with a course of steroid administration. The patient has remained symptom-free for 5 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Face / surgery*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology
  • Granuloma / etiology*
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Omentum / transplantation*
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Reoperation
  • Surgery, Plastic*