Abstract
The authors report and discuss some clinical, radiological, histological and ultrastructural aspects of an intracranial foreign body granuloma. This granuloma, which simulated a cavernoma, was due to a surgical swab forgotten during a previous neurosurgical evacuation of an intracerebral hematoma.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Brain Diseases / pathology
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Brain Diseases / surgery
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
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Foreign Bodies / surgery
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Gossypium
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Granuloma / diagnostic imaging*
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Granuloma / pathology
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Granuloma / surgery
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Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
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Hematoma / surgery
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Humans
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Male
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Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
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Reoperation
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed