Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture Wound
A pencil core with an intact pencil tip was excised from the thigh of a 60-year-old male 53 years after a puncture wound. Histologic examination of the excised pencil core and the surrounding tissue revealed a foreign body reaction with abundant entrapped dark black pigment and chronic reparative ch...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Dermatology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/441248 |