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215295

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
An unusual foreign body reaction to silica (quartz), resembling fibrous histiocytoma, is described in 7 patients (age range 22 to 71 years). These lesions occurred in the inguinal region (4 cases) or the abdominal wall (3 cases), and in 5 instances were associated with a history of injection at the same site 10 to 41 years previously. Most commonly the injection consisted of the administration of a sclerosing agent for the repair of a hernia. Microscopically these lesions contained broad sheets of histiocytes separated by bands or concentrically lamellated nodules of collagen. Intra- and extra-cellular birefringent crystals, identified by x-ray diffraction as silica (quartz), were present in all cases and served to distinguish this process from a true neoplasm. Although the injection therapy for hernia is now obsolete, it was formerly practiced in the United States with a variety of sclerosing agents including silica (quartz). Since these lesions are often confused with a benign or malignant fibrous histiocytoma it is recommended that fibro-histiocytic lesions associated with a previous hernia or injection at the same site be examined for the presence of silica.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2738-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Silica reaction simulating fibrous histiocytoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study