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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec 8;1(4):2473974X17746960.
doi: 10.1177/2473974X17746960. eCollection 2017 Oct-Dec.

Myospherulosis following Rhinoplasty

Tarek I Lawen  1 , Paul Hong  1 , Andrew T Harris  1 , S Mark Taylor  1
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Case Reports

Myospherulosis following Rhinoplasty

Tarek I Lawen et al. OTO Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: head and neck surgery; lipogranuloma; myospherulosis; rhinoplasty.

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Competing interests: None.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Preoperative computed tomography scan demonstrating a mass (red arrow) along the path of the previous left lateral osteotomy. A lucency is visible in the central core of the deposit of myospherulosis. (B) The lesion (circled) is located halfway between the nasal dorsum and medial canthus along the path of the presumed previous lateral osteotomy.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
(A) Photomicrograph of the biopsy showing numerous small pseudocysts with surrounding foamy macrophages, giant cells, and fibrous tissue (×100, hematoxylin and eosin [H&E]). (B) High-power photomicrograph showing the edge of a large pseudocyst, which contains some debris and 2 sac-like structures (so-called parent bodies). The parent body to the left of midline contains numerous degenerating erythrocytes, a typical finding in myospherulosis (×400, H&E). Pathology provided by Martin J. Bullock, MD, FRCPC.
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