[Facial granuloma caused by cactus bristles].
We report a 39 year old female, who 6 years later of accidental injury with cactus bristles, developed granulomatous lesions in her face with an ulcerative tendency. Histopathologic picture showed granulomatous infiltrates filling the full-thickness of the dermis, with abundant number of multinuclead giant cells foreign-body-type and Langhans-type and mixed inflamatory infiltrate. In the dermo-hipodermal limit, several foreing bodies were found with a thorny or barb shape, some of them into the giant cells, with were PAS positive and showed a brilliant refractile aspect under polaroscopic examination.
Gutierrez Ortega
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Servicio de Dermatología, Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Madrid.
Martin Moreno
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Arias Palomo
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D
Hasson Nisis
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A
Zamora Martinez
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E
Requena Caballero
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L
Castro de Torres
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A
Barat Cascante
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A
D000328:Adult; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010944:Plants
Granulomas faciales por espinas de cactus.