Granulomatous contact dermatitis due to gold earrings.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Dermatitis, Allergic Contact
- Ear, External
- Gold
- Granuloma, Foreign-Body