Background
Hyaluronic acid filler reactions have been increasingly observed in recent years. Our study investigates whether the increased number of filler reactions observed since 2014 is associated with a specific histopathologic inflammatory pattern and type of filler.
Methods
The institution's dermatopathology electronic database was retrospectively searched for histopathologic reactions to hyaluronic acid from January 2014 to December 2019. The age, sex, type of filler, procedure, location, and histopathologic patterns were recorded.
Results
From 2014 to 2019, there were 15 cases of granulomatous reactions to hyaluronic acid filler. In 10 of these cases, there was a characteristic inflammatory pattern characterized by tightly cuffed palisades of histiocytes with varying numbers of eosinophils. Of the 11 cases in which the type of filler was known, all used Vycross technology, a novel manufacturing process in the production of hyaluronic acid filler.
Conclusion
A characteristic histopathologic pattern of discrete foci of tightly cuffed palisaded granulomas with eosinophils is associated with fillers manufactured using Vycross technology.
FIGURE 4. Many hyperchromatic spindled and epithelioid cells (H&E, original magnification ×20).FIGURE 5. PHH3 immunostain highlighted a rare mitotic figure within the dermal proliferation (original magnification ×20).
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