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Case report: Cholesterol granuloma of femur

BACKGROUND: Cholesterol granuloma (CG) is a particular type of granulation tissue reaction. It is a very rare benign lesion characterized by swelling growth due to a large number of cholesterol crystals and foreign body giant cells. There has been no report of a CG of the femur. CASE PRESENTATION: A...

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Autores principales: Hao, Shenshen, Dong, Shengli, Li, Hongke, Liu, Shuai, Chen, Honglei, Zhang, Zhifang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36570806
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.944499
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author Hao, Shenshen
Dong, Shengli
Li, Hongke
Liu, Shuai
Chen, Honglei
Zhang, Zhifang
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description BACKGROUND: Cholesterol granuloma (CG) is a particular type of granulation tissue reaction. It is a very rare benign lesion characterized by swelling growth due to a large number of cholesterol crystals and foreign body giant cells. There has been no report of a CG of the femur. CASE PRESENTATION: A 74-year-old woman suffered from pain and discomfort in the upper right knee for 10 years, which became aggravated for 10 days. She was diagnosed with CG of the right femur at our hospital and was treated with surgery. During the operation, a large amount of yellow-brown, oily, crystal structures was found. Postoperative pathology investigations confirmed the lesion as a CG. Postoperative follow-up was carried out for 15 months that confirmed the effect of treatment was satisfactory. CONCLUSIONS: CG of the femur is an extremely rare benign lesion. Surgical treatment can provide effective treatment results.
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spelling pubmed-97685372022-12-22 Case report: Cholesterol granuloma of femur Hao, Shenshen Dong, Shengli Li, Hongke Liu, Shuai Chen, Honglei Zhang, Zhifang Front Surg Surgery BACKGROUND: Cholesterol granuloma (CG) is a particular type of granulation tissue reaction. It is a very rare benign lesion characterized by swelling growth due to a large number of cholesterol crystals and foreign body giant cells. There has been no report of a CG of the femur. CASE PRESENTATION: A 74-year-old woman suffered from pain and discomfort in the upper right knee for 10 years, which became aggravated for 10 days. She was diagnosed with CG of the right femur at our hospital and was treated with surgery. During the operation, a large amount of yellow-brown, oily, crystal structures was found. Postoperative pathology investigations confirmed the lesion as a CG. Postoperative follow-up was carried out for 15 months that confirmed the effect of treatment was satisfactory. CONCLUSIONS: CG of the femur is an extremely rare benign lesion. Surgical treatment can provide effective treatment results. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9768537/ /pubmed/36570806 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.944499 Text en © 2022 Hao, Dong, Li, Liu, Chen and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Dong, Shengli
Li, Hongke
Liu, Shuai
Chen, Honglei
Zhang, Zhifang
Case report: Cholesterol granuloma of femur
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title_fullStr Case report: Cholesterol granuloma of femur
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36570806
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.944499
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