Three Cases of Bee-sting Granuloma.
- Author:
Hee Joon YU
;
Chang Woo LEE
;
Hong Yun YANG
;
Joung Soo KIM
;
Yun Suck KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Bites and Stings;
Edema;
Erythema;
Foreign-Body Reaction;
Giant Cells, Foreign-Body;
Granuloma*;
Granuloma, Foreign-Body;
Histiocytes;
Humans;
Injections, Intralesional;
Insects;
Skin;
Triamcinolone Acetonide
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1998;36(5):914-917
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Most insects including the honeybee cause erythema and edema at the site of a sting in non-allergic individuals. This reaction usually resolves within a few days. However, in certain cases, the persistence of inciting materials in the cutaneous tissue may promote a local inflammatory foreign body reaction. Localized nodular lesions were seen in our two patients and erythemstous patches were present in one patient due to rarely encountered complications induced by retained sting materials. In these cases histopathology showed multiple foci of foreign body granuloma containing yellow refraetile material in the center surrounded by histiocytes and foreign body giant cells. The granulomatous skin lesions in these patients were treated with intralesional injections of triamcinolone acetonide and partial excisions of the nodular masses were performed.
