title: Painful digital Pacinian corpuscle hyperplasia following dog bite: a case report.
abstract: Digital Pacinian corpuscle hyperplasia is an extremely rare, painful condition that generally follows local trauma. We report a case of painful digital Pacinian corpuscle hyperplasia of the right index finger that was preceded by a dog bite at the same site over one and a half years ago. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first instance of a Pacinian corpuscle hyperplasia following dog bite. The literature is reviewed and immunohistological features are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, RMV Hospital, 138, AECS Layout, Sanjaynagar, Bangalore 560094, India.
authors.forename: Rajagopalan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vijayaraghavan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandrashekar
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Belagavi
authors.forename: Niranjan B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010141:Pacinian Corpuscles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery