Pencil-core granuloma
AUTOR(ES)
Bittencourt, Maraya de Jesus Semblano, Santos, Josie Eiras Bisi dos, Barros Junior, Jorge Nazareno da Silva, Xerfan, Ellen Maria Sampaio
FONTE
An. Bras. Dermatol.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2017-08
RESUMO
Abstract: Pencil core granulomas are still infrequently reported in the literature. A 67-year-old woman presented with a 4mm hard blue subcutaneous nodule on the forehead. She remembered being injured with a pencil tip about 60 years before. The subcutaneous nodule was excised, which microscopically revealed a foreign body reaction with histiocytes containing fragmented coarse black particles. We diagnosed pencil-core granuloma based on the patient’s history of pencil tip injury and histological examination findings.
