Granulomatous contact dermatitis due to gold earrings.
A young female developed persistent nodules at sites of ear piercing with gold earrings and patch testing demonstrated a positive allergic response to gold sodium thiosulphate. Histological examination of the nodules demonstrated a prominent sarcoidal-type granulomatous tissue reaction. This is in contrast to previous reports of lymphocytoma cutis type histology and was associated with the occurrence of epithelioid granulomata at the site of a strongly positive and long-lasting patch-test reaction.
Armstrong
D K
DK
Department of Dermatology, Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland.
Walsh
M Y
MY
Dawson
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006046:Gold / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011677:Punctures
D006046:Gold