Suture material

Suture material is occasionally seen under the microscope. It is usually easy to identified and typically polarizes.

General

• May be used to orient a specimen.

Microscopic

Features:

• Glassy appearance - sharply circumscribed.
• +/-Tearing surrounding tissue.
• Foreign body-type granulomas with multinucleated giant cells.

Images

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  Suture material adjacent to a SFT.

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  Suture material.

See also

• Histology artifacts.
• Granuloma.