Successful colchicine administration in facial granulomas caused by cosmetic implants: report of a case.
Injectable cutaneous microimplants may occasionally cause either persistent local irritation or late skin reactions in the form of foreign body granulomas at the injected areas. Permanent elimination of the latter is not easily achieved. The skin of a female patient developed nodules along the treated sites on her face a few months following the last session of intracutaneous injections. Intralesional steroids offered temporary and incomplete clearance. Colchicine was administered orally for better results.
Aivaliotis
Markos
M
University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Kontochristopoulos
Georgios
G
Hatziolou
Eftychia
E
Aroni
Kyriaki
K
Zakopoulou
Niki
N
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003078:Colchicine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D003078:Colchicine