Silica granuloma / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 224-227, 1993.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-74219
ABSTRACT
A 29-year-old woman complained of a painless, firm nodule with browunish patch on her left cheek for 5 months. She had had undergone a traffic accident 6 months before, and the normally healed wound on her cheek became reddish and infiltrated. A Skin biopsy specirinen obtained from her skin lesion showed a foreign body reaction with histiocytes and numerouse crystalline structures. These particle. were birefringent under polarized light microscopy. Scanning electron microscopy revealed numerous crystalline particles. Energy dispersive x-ray analysis of the crystal revealed a sharp peak representing silia.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Skin
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Wounds and Injuries
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Biopsy
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Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
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Accidents, Traffic
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Cheek
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Foreign-Body Reaction
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Silicon Dioxide
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Crystallins
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Granuloma
Limits:
Adult
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Female
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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