Ann Dermatol.  2014 Dec;26(6):781-783. 10.5021/ad.2014.26.6.781.

Foreign Body Reaction due to a Retained Cuff from a Central Venous Catheter

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Dermatology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea. leejd@olmh.cuk.ac.kr

Abstract

No abstract available.


MeSH Terms

Central Venous Catheters*
Foreign-Body Reaction*

Figure

  • Fig. 1 (A) A solitary, 2 cm-sized, firm, skin-colored subcutaneous mass on the right chest. (B) Great chunks of pieces of foreign material (catheter cuff) identified during biopsy.

  • Fig. 2 (A) Histopathology showing foreign body from the catheter cuff with adjacent granulation tissue (H&E, ×100). (B) Higher magnification view showing a granulomatous reaction with lymphocytes, histiocytes, multinucleated giant cells, and polyester fibers from the catheter cuff (H&E, ×400).


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