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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| author | Vijay H. Aswani Seung Lae Kim |
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| description | 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 changes, including dense sclerosis and focal granulation tissue formation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bea49efef7874dbd8c4989c3cd15789a2022-12-22T03:21:13ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672015-10-017330330510.1159/000441248441248Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture WoundVijay H. AswaniSeung Lae KimA 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 changes, including dense sclerosis and focal granulation tissue formation.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/441248Skin puncturePencil core granulomaGraphiteForeign body |
| spellingShingle | Vijay H. Aswani Seung Lae Kim Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture Wound Case Reports in Dermatology Skin puncture Pencil core granuloma Graphite Foreign body |
| title | Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture Wound |
| title_full | Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture Wound |
| title_fullStr | Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture Wound |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture Wound |
| title_short | Fifty-Three Years after a Pencil Puncture Wound |
| title_sort | fifty three years after a pencil puncture wound |
| topic | Skin puncture Pencil core granuloma Graphite Foreign body |
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