Cellulose granulomas and their relationship to intestinal obstruction

Foreign body granulomas secondary to retained sponge fragment following mitomycin C trabeculectomy

“…It is possible that the postoperative steroid use in the 6-8 weeks following surgery suppressed the inflammatory response from the material and prevented an earlier onset of symptoms. Another factor that may have played a role in the delayed inflammatory response is that cellulose sponges degrade slowly, and the granulomatous inflammation in response to the sponge might have also been delayed [3,7]. Shin and colleagues described a patient with retained subconjunctival cellulose sponge who presented 3 weeks postoperatively with overlying necrotic conjunctiva [6].…”