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A Case of Giant Pencil‐Core Granuloma
Author(s) -
Yoshitatsu Sumiko,
Takagi Tadashi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02176.x
Subject(s) - pencil (optics) , granuloma , pyogenic granuloma , medicine , pathology , physics , optics , lesion
Although pencil injury is a common occurrence, only six cases of so‐called pencil‐core granuloma have been reported. All of these granulomas were relatively small, and most of them simulated malignant melanoma. We report a giant pencil‐core granuloma that developed on a patient's right palm. Its gross appearance was quite different from that of other cases previously reported; it was much larger and resembled a hemangioma.