Foreign body granulomas after injection of Bio-alcamid for lip augmentation

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 356-359

  Akrish, Sharon ^a   Dayan, Dan ^a   Taicher, Shlomo ^a,b   Adam, Iris ^b   Nagler, Rafael M ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; SILICONE; SILOXANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIOID CELL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; LIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER LIP;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69349097462     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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