Injected corticosteroids can sometimes lead to a granulomatous reaction. This is apparently also true for anabolic steroids, which are often used by bodybuilders, although we have not found any histologic report on such a phenomenon. We report a case of a granulomatous reaction in a 30-year-old male bodybuilder having undergone anabolic steroid injections. Foreign bodies typical of steroids wer...

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