A Case of Silicone Rubber-Induced Foreign Body Granuloma with Skin Defect / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Silicone has become one of the most commonly used biomaterials in modern medicine. There are three forms of silicone in medical use silicone oil, gel, and rubber. Among these, silicone rubbers are used as heart valves, shunts, coatings on pacemakers and implants of cosmetic surgery. In tissues, silicone produces a range of histological reactions depending on the form of silicone. We report a case of a foreign body granuloma due to the prescence of silicone rubber inserted for nasal augmentation fifteen years previously, and review the complications of augmentation rhinoplasty using silicone implants.