Nonhealing wound resulting from a foreign-body reaction to a radial arterial sheath

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 Jun;59(2):205-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.10468.

Abstract

Several patients developed sterile inflammation at their radial arterial access site. Pathologic examination of biopsy material from one patient demonstrated a foreign-body reaction to material most likely from the gel-coated arterial access sheath. Surgical excision of the inflamed tissue resulted in healing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
  • Erythema / etiology
  • Erythema / physiopathology
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / complications
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / physiopathology
  • Radial Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Radial Artery / physiopathology*
  • Radial Artery / surgery
  • Surgical Wound Dehiscence / etiology
  • Surgical Wound Dehiscence / physiopathology
  • Wound Healing / physiology*