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Eosinophilic foreign body granuloma after multiple self‐administered bee stings
Author(s) -
Park JaeHoon,
GU Kim Jong,
Cha SeungHoon,
Don Park Seok
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02575.x
Subject(s) - eosinophilic granuloma , medicine , foreign body granuloma , foreign body , dermatology , granuloma , pathology , surgery
A bee sting can cause a foreign body granuloma of the skin, due to activated macrophages at the stinging site. A 52‐year‐old woman presented with a large doughnut‐shaped ulcerative tumour on the left side of her face. A bean‐sized facial papule had grown to a 4.0 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm mass after multiple bee stings induced by herself over a period of 1 year. Histology showed epidermal ulceration with granulomatous inflammatory cell infiltration of many eosinophils. No micro‐organisms or foreign bodies were identified. Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide was not effective, but an excellent outcome was obtained using carbon dioxide laser vaporization of the lesion.