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THE STARCH GRANULOMA SYNDROME
Author(s) -
VELLAR IVO D.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb111232.x
Subject(s) - irritation , peritoneal cavity , surgical gloves , starch , laparotomy , granuloma , peritonitis , foreign body , medicine , surgery , pathology , biology , immunology , food science
Starch glove powder is not entirely innocuous when introduced into the peritoneal cavity. Foreign body granulomas formed as a reaction to starch deposited in the peritoneal cavity may closely resemble malignant seedlings and thus mislead the surgeon in his proposed treatment of bowel cancer. In addition, the occurrence of starch granuloma peritonitis may provoke an unnecessary operation in a patient presenting with fever and peritoneal irritation a few weeks after a seemingly uncomplicated laparotomy.