Intracranial foreign body granuloma caused by dural tenting suture

Abstract

Our patient presented with a mass lesion mimicking a meningioma. The mass was resected, but pathological examination confirmed a foreign body granuloma, which was caused by silk fibres used as tenting sutures 8 years previously. Herein, we describe the case and review the neurosurgical literature on intracranial foreign body granulomas.

Key words:

• Foreign body
• granuloma
• silk
• tenting suture

Acknowledgement

HO contributed to manuscript writing and performed the surgery. MU, HN and HN performed the surgery and monitored the patient. YS performed data collection. YF and YT participated in study conduct and data collection.

Declaration of interest:

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.