A Case of Foreign Body Granuloma of the Posterior Mediastinum.

Choi, Eui Hyuk; Yoo, Jong Hoon; Lee, Jeong Seok; Hong, Su Hee; Gwon, Hyung Joo; Park, Young Woo; Lee, Moo Yeol; Lee, Chul Ho; Bang, Jung Hyun; Im, Sung Gyun; Hwang, Soon Chul

doi:1998.45.3.609

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 45(3); 1998 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1998;45(3):609-613.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1998.45.3.609 Published online June 1, 1998.

A Case of Foreign Body Granuloma of the Posterior Mediastinum.

Eui Hyuk Choi, Jong Hoon Yoo, Jeong Seok Lee, Su Hee Hong, Hyung Joo Gwon, Young Woo Park, Moo Yeol Lee, Chul Ho Lee, Jung Hyun Bang, Sung Gyun Im, Soon Chul Hwang

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
²Department of Chest Surgery, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea.

Abstract

21-year-old male was admitted for evaluation of a mass shadow on chest film. On chest computed tomography showed 5 cm sized homogeneous low density based on the second thoracic vertebral body in the posterior mediastinum. The patient had been performed thoracic sympathectomy 6 months before admission and oxidized cellulose was used for hemostasis at that operation Surgical resection was performed and microscopic result was foreign body granuloma caused by oxidized cellulose. Oxidized cellulose is an absorbable sterile mesh and used to control capillary or venous bleeding. Although the manufacturer recommends its removal after hemostasis is achieved, in clinical practice it is usually left in situ to reabsorb spontaneously, usually with no untoward effect.

Key Words: Foreign body granuloma, Posterior mediastinum, Oxidized cellulose