ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the causes of local masses found after periocular fat grafting,and the way of treatment in order to avoid the medical dispute.Methods In 37 patients with local mass being repaired,15 patients with superficial bulges were treated through surgical removal and as piration;10 patients with focal masses were treated with aspiration;12 patients with bulges close to eyelid margin and failure after the first two treatment methods were treated through incision.Results Histopathologic findings showed the characteristic features of lipogranuloma.Chronic inflammatory cells were infiltrated.Numerous,variable-sized lipid vacuoles were surrounded by histiocytes and for eign body-type giant cells.There were areas of fibrosis and fat necrosis.35 cases were followed-up for 3 months to 1 years.Both doctors and patients were satisfied with results in 27 cases,basically satisfied in 6 cases,but not satisfied in 2 cases.Two patients were lost to follow up.Conclusions The special complication of masses in the periocular fat grafting operation can be greatly improved with the personalized therapy.