Foreign-body reaction to silastic burr-hole covers with seroma formation: Case report and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-66

  Winkler, Peter A ^a,b   Herzog, Christopher ^a   Weiler, Christoph ^a   Krishnan, Kartik G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility of silicone implants; Foreign body reaction; Seroma formation; Silastic burr hole covers

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEROMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033967413     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(00)80023-0     Document Type: Article

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