Foreign-body granulomas within intramyocardial arteries in a transcoronary safety assessment in pigs

Toxicol Pathol. 2008 Apr;36(3):385-7. doi: 10.1177/0192623308315831. Epub 2008 May 8.

Abstract

Foreign-body granulomas within intramyocardial arteries were detected in three domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) in a routine transcoronary safety assessment study. The foreign bodies stained light grayish-blue by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and were strongly birefringent by polarized light microscopy. By their morphological features, they were identified as cotton fibers. Embolization of foreign-body material into the myocardial arteries following catheter-based procedures is an unusual event, and its occurrence may lead to granulomatous foreign-body reaction and misinterpretation of histological results.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / veterinary*
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology*
  • Cotton Fiber
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Embolism / etiology
  • Embolism / pathology
  • Embolism / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / etiology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / pathology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / veterinary*
  • Intraoperative Complications / veterinary*
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / etiology
  • Swine Diseases / pathology*
  • Toxicity Tests