Facial Foreign Body Granuloma by Gold Thread Needle-embedding Therapy / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 561-563, 2011.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-31242
ABSTRACT
We read with interest a paper published in a recent issue of the Korean Journal of Dermatology, in which Baek et al. presented two cases of facial foreign body granulomas induced by needle-embedding therapy. The cases were foreign body granulomas induced by acupoint embedding thread by doctors of Oriental medicine. Recently we managed a patient who presented with two linear, fluctuating, erythematous nodules with a purulent discharge involving the left cheek 2 months after gold thread needle-embedding therapy, a so called gold-lifting procedure, in which gold thread is embedded via acupuncture for the purpose of face-lifting. A biopsy obtained from the lesion showed acute and chronic inflammatory cells with foreign body-type giant cells throughout the dermis and subcutis. Under the diagnosis of a foreign body reaction with clinicopathologic examination, we treated her several times with incision and drainage and oral corticosteroids. After 1 year of treatment, the lesions did not recur during 3 months of follow-up.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Biopsy
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Acupuncture Points
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Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
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Granuloma, Foreign-Body
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Cheek
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Drainage
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Follow-Up Studies
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Foreign-Body Reaction
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Dermis
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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