Solitary Keratoacanthoma Developing on an Acupuncture Site.
10.5021/ad.1993.5.1.64
- Author:
Young Min PARK
;
Si Yong KIM
;
Hyung Ok KIM
;
Chung Won KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Solitary keratoacanthoma;
Acupuncture
- MeSH:
Acupuncture*;
Eosinophils;
Epidermis;
Female;
Headache;
Humans;
Keratoacanthoma*;
Middle Aged
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1993;5(1):64-68
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 61-year-old woman, who had been treated by acupuncture on the glabellar region due to frontal headache ten days ago, had a rapidly growing tumor on that region. Histopathologically, the tumor was shown to be a central crater filled with eosinophilic keratin & a marginal but-tress formed by invagination of the epidermis. According to clinical & histopatholpgical findings, we can easily diagnose our case as solitary keratoacanthoma. As shown in our case, we think that acupuncture should be counted as one of the causative factors in the development of solitary keratoacanthoma.
