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Graphite foreign body misdiagnosed as a blue naevus-like localised argyria

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Title: Graphite foreign body misdiagnosed as a blue naevus-like localised argyria
Authors: Sharma, A
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Pencil-tip injuries, although usually insignificant, have the potential to provoke granulomatous reactions. Other undesirable consequences of such injuries include pigmentation and abscess formation. Despite the rarity of such outcomes, it is important that clinicians are aware of the varying presentations of pencil-tip injury, as this can cause diagnostic uncertainty. Here, we present a case of graphite foreign body granuloma, originally thought to be a blue naevus-like localised argyria. The diagnostic work-up was complicated by the absence of a history of injury with a pencil-tip.
Issue Date: 16-Sep-2021
Date of Acceptance: 18-Aug-2021
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/91284
DOI: 10.2147/CCID.S317867
ISSN: 1178-7015
Publisher: Dove Medical Press
Start Page: 1253
End Page: 1256
Journal / Book Title: Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
Volume: 2021
Issue: 14
Copyright Statement: © 2021 Sharma. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
Keywords: Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Dermatology
pencil-tip
granuloma
misdiagnosis
granulomatous reaction
granuloma
granulomatous reaction
misdiagnosis
pencil-tip
1103 Clinical Sciences
Publication Status: Published
Online Publication Date: 2021-09-16
Appears in Collections:Central Faculty