Foreign Body Reaction to Injectable Hyaluronic Acid: Late Granuloma Formation

Foreign Body Reaction to Injectable Hyaluronic Acid: Late Granuloma Formation

224 Ann Dermatol Received August 29, 2013, Revised June 19, 2014, Accepted for publication June 23, 2014 Corresponding author: Jong Rok Lee, Department of Dermatology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, 21 Namdong-daero 774beongil, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-760, Korea. Tel: 82-32-460-3337, Fax: 82-32-460-2374, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under t...

Cutaneous granulomatous reaction to injectable hyaluronic acid gel.

Injectable hyaluronic acid (HA) derivatives are the most used reabsorbable dermal fillers for soft tissue augmentation today and their utilization is considered safe. We report a cutaneous granulomatous reaction that developed in a woman 5 weeks after the first treatment with a nonanimal HA derivative for the correction of facial wrinkling. We describe the clinicopathological findings and cours...

Cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction to injectable hyaluronic acid gel.

BACKGROUND Injectable hyaluronic acid gel is a non-animal biomaterial used for soft tissue augmentation. OBJECTIVE The dermal implantation of this naturally occurring polysaccharide is reported to be well tolerated by patients, with a longer duration in tissue than bovine collagen without any major local or systemic side effects. We report a case of an acute hypersensitivity reaction in a wom...

Foreign body reaction to hyaluronic acid (Restylane): an adverse outcome of lip augmentation.

Foreign Body Granuloma Secondary to Leuprorelin Acetate

Received February 5, 2013, Revised March 30, 2013, Accepted for publication April 15, 2013 Corresponding author: Young Min Park, Department of Dermatology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Banpo 4 dong, Seochogu, Seoul 137-701, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2258-6223, Fax: 82-2-5999950, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access ...