siliconoma

siliconoma

A popular term for a relatively circumscribed tissue response to extravasated silicone, which may be accompanied by a foreign body-type giant cell reaction, histiocytes and brightly refractile silicone material.

siliconoma

A circumscribed tissue response to extravasated silicone, accompanied by a foreign body-type giant cell reaction, histiocytes, brightly refractile silicone crystals