title: [Facial granuloma caused by cactus bristles].
abstract: 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.
authors: Servicio de Dermatología, Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, Madrid.
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Gutierrez Ortega
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Martin Moreno
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Arias Palomo
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Hasson Nisis
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Zamora Martinez
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Requena Caballero
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Castro de Torres
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Barat Cascante
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010944:Plants
vernacular_title: Granulomas faciales por espinas de cactus.