Severe bone wax foreign-body reaction causing peroneal tendon destruction.

Abstract

Bone wax is commonly used in orthopedic procedures for the hemostatic control of cancellous bone bleeding. Herein, ordinary bone wax was used to stop bleeding intraoperatively at the site of a peroneal tubercle resection. Five months postoperatively, a symptomatic retrofibular mass was removed. Gross examination showed severe peroneal tendon destruction associated with the mass. Microscopic examination diagnosed a bone wax granuloma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of significant tendon and nerve damage resulting from a bone wax foreign-body granuloma.

• Authors: Nicole Allen-Wilson, Richard Beatty, Jonathan Sharpe
• Journal: Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc) 2015 Jan-Feb Vol. 105 Issue 1 Pg. 74-9 ISSN: 1930-8264 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25675229 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Hemostatics
• Palmitates
• Waxes
• bone wax

Topics

• Female
• Foreign-Body Reaction (complications, diagnosis)
• Granuloma, Foreign-Body (diagnosis, etiology)
• Hemostatics (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Middle Aged
• Palmitates (adverse effects)
• Postoperative Complications
• Tendons (pathology)
• Waxes (adverse effects)