Oxidized cellulose (Surgicel®) granulomata mimicking tumour recurrence

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 617-620

  Sandhu, G S ^a,b   Elexpuru Camiruaga, J A ^a   Buckley, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign body reaction; Intracranial granulomas; Oxidised cellulose

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030451920     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699646989     Document Type: Article

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