Sterile suture material remaining in the tissue after surgery typically elicits the formation of
A. abscesses
B. gummas
C. caseating granulomas
D. foreign body giant cell granulomas
E. sarcoidosis
D
Like all particulate foreign material, sutures left inside the tissue elicit a foreign body giant cell granulomatous reaction. Abscesses are found if the material is infected. Gummas are typical of syphilis. Caseating granulomas are typical of infection with mycobacteria or certain fungi, such as Histoplasma capsulatum. Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas.
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