Pseudolymphoma Induced by Ear Piercing.
10.5021/ad.2004.16.1.9
- Author:
Chang Hun HUH
;
Je Young PARK
;
Chong Hyun WON
;
Hee Chul EUN
;
Sang Eun MOON
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gold hypersensitivity;
Ear piercing;
Pseudolymphoma
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Body Piercing*;
Ear*;
Humans;
Patch Tests;
Pseudolymphoma*;
Recurrence
- From:Annals of Dermatology
2004;16(1):9-12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We present a patient who developed a pseudolymphoma after ear piercing. A patch test showed gold sensitivity. Therefore, long standing dermal exposure to gold from a pierced-type earring might have produced the patient's disease. This patient did not respond to an intralesional steroid injection and was finally treated with a complete resection of the lesion. It is proposed that every patient with a hyperplastic lesion in the ear lobe should be taken a biopsy in order to rule out the possibility of a pseudolymphoma. When a pseudolymphoma develops in the ear lobe, a complete surgical excision could be the treatment of choice, especially for the prevention of recurrence.
