II. Pathophysiology

  1. Retained Skin Foreign Body (e.g. glass, metal, wood)
  2. Local reaction of inflammatory cells results in Granuloma formation

III. Differential Diagnosis

IV. Labs: Histology

  1. Granulation tissue with fibroblasts
  2. Inflammatory infiltrate
    1. Lymphocytes
    2. Plasma cells
    3. HIstiocytes
    4. Giant cells

V. Imaging

Images: Related links to external sites (from Bing)

Related Studies

Ontology: Granuloma, Foreign-Body (C0018193)

Definition (MSH) Histiocytic, inflammatory response to a foreign body. It consists of modified macrophages with multinucleated giant cells, in this case foreign-body giant cells (GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY), usually surrounded by lymphocytes.
Concepts Pathologic Function (T046)
MSH D015745
SnomedCT 268106003, 156729009, 156445005, 267873009, 37058002
English Foreign-Body Granuloma, Foreign-Body Granulomas, Granuloma, Foreign Body, Granulomas, Foreign-Body, Foreign body granulomas, Granuloma, Foreign-Body [Disease/Finding], body foreign granulomas, granuloma foreign body, foreign body giant cell reaction, foreign body granuloma, giant cell reaction, Granuloma, Foreign-Body, Granuloma -foreign body, Foreign body granuloma, foreign body; granuloma, granuloma; foreign body, Foreign Body Granuloma
Swedish Främmandekroppsgranulom
Czech granulom z cizích těles, Granulom z cizího tělesa
Finnish Vierasesinegranulooma
Russian GRANULEMA KAK REAKTSIIA NA INORODNOE TELO, INORODNOE TELO, OBRAZOVANIE REAKTIVNOI GRANULEMY, ГРАНУЛЕМА КАК РЕАКЦИЯ НА ИНОРОДНОЕ ТЕЛО, ИНОРОДНОЕ ТЕЛО, ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ РЕАКТИВНОЙ ГРАНУЛЕМЫ
Spanish Granuloma de cuerpo extraño, granuloma por cuerpo extraño, Granuloma de Cuerpo Extraño
French Granulome causé par un corps étranger, Granulome à corps étranger
Dutch vreemd lichaam granuloom, corpus alienum; granuloom, granuloom; corpus alienum, Lichaamgranuloom, vreemd, Vreemd lichaamgranuloom
German Fremdkoerpergranulom, Fremdkörpergranulom, Granulom, Fremdkörper-
Portuguese Granuloma de corpo estranho, Granuloma de Corpo Estranho
Japanese イブツニクゲシュ, 肉芽腫-異物, 異物型肉芽腫, 異物結節, 異物肉芽腫, 異物性肉芽腫
Polish Ziarniniak wywołany przez ciało obce
Hungarian Idegentest granuloma
Norwegian Fremmedlegemegranulom, Granulom, fremmedlegeme
Italian Granuloma da corpo estraneo