Adverse cutaneous reactions to soft tissue fillers - A review of the histological features

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 536-548

  Dadzie, Ophelia Entsir ^a   Mahalingam, Meera ^b   Parada, Meire ^c   El Helou, Therese ^a   Philips, Tania ^a   Bhawan, Jag ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN IMPLANT; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; FAT; FILLER; GLUCONIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MICROSPHERE; MINERAL OIL; PARAFFIN; POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYOXYETHYLENE; POVIDONE; PROPYLENE; SILICONE;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SWELLING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SKIN DISEASES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 41149102402     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00853.x     Document Type: Review

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