Open AccessHızma Induced Papul of Nose Mimicking Pyogenic Granuloma
Author(s) -
Mualla Polat,
Hatice Kaya,
Ali Haydar Parlak
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
türk dermatoloji dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1308-5255
pISSN - 1307-7635
DOI - 10.4274/tdd.1346
Subject(s) - pyogenic granuloma , nose , granuloma , materials science , medicine , pathology , anatomy , lesion
The application of body piercing is popular among young people, who consider it as a sign of marginality, beauty, or group identity. Piercing procedure is observed to cause a large number of complications such as infections, pain, inflammatory reactions, bleeding, dental fractures or fissures, and gingival damage, etc., mostly in young individuals. Hizma is a traditional body ornament worn by Anatolian women via a piercing procedure. Herein, we describe a papule of nose mimicking pyogenic granuloma as an uncommon complication of Hızma.\u