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Muslin induced granuloma following wrapping of intracranial aneurysms: The role of infection as an additional precipitating factor

Report of two cases and review of the literature

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Summary

Two patients who developed what appeared to be a granulomatous reaction following muslin wrapping of undipped aneurysms are reported. They presented with cranial nerve palsies and at operation were found to have an abscess around the wrapped aneurysms. In one of these two patients Staphylococcus epidermidis was isolated from the pus. This, together with further evidence from reported cases in the literature, would suggest that infection may play an additional role at least in some cases in the onset of a foreign-body granulomatous reaction seen following wrapping of aneurysms.

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  1. R. W. Kirollos

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, The Wallon Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, The General Infirmary at Leeds, UK

    R. W. Kirollos, A. K. Tyagi, P. V. Marks & P. T. van Hille

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Kirollos, R.W., Tyagi, A.K., Marks, P.V. et al. Muslin induced granuloma following wrapping of intracranial aneurysms: The role of infection as an additional precipitating factor. Acta neurochir 139, 411–415 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808876

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