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Lycopodium granuloma
Author(s) -
Nadjem M. A.,
Graham J. H.,
Johnson F. B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1988.tb00531.x
Subject(s) - spore , granuloma , lesion , pathology , medicine , tuberculosis , surgical pathology , lycopodium , dermatology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , botany
The spores of Lycopodium (L) clavatum were used as a component of a dusting powder in many hospitals during the 1920's and 1930's. When L spores enter surgical wounds a lesion clinically resembling tuberculosis or neoplasia may develop months or even years later. We recently encountered a case of L granuloma occurring in a patient 50 years after an appendectomy. Three additional cases found in the files of the AFIP are also reported.