Subcutaneous and intraperitoneal lipogranulomas following subcutaneous injection of olive oil in Spr
Author information Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Abstract Olive oil is commonly employed as a solubilizing agent for lipophilic materials in preclinical studies in rodents. Here we report that following subcutaneous (SC) injection of olive oil to Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, local SC lipogranulomas formed, which were associated with an unusual location of the same changes in the peritoneum. Macroscopically, multifocal white spots were found over t