Eosinophilic foreign body granuloma after multiple self-administered bee stings

Authors: Park, Jae-Hoon¹; GU Kim, Jong¹; Cha, Seung-Hoon¹; Don Park, Seok¹

Source: British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 139, Number 6, December 1998 , pp. 1102-1105(4)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

A bee sting can cause a foreign body granuloma of the skin, due to activated macrophages at the stinging site. A 52-year-old woman presented with a large doughnut-shaped ulcerative tumour on the left side of her face. A bean-sized facial papule had grown to a 4.0 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm mass after multiple bee stings induced by herself over a period of 1 year. Histology showed epidermal ulceration with granulomatous inflammatory cell infiltration of many eosinophils. No micro-organisms or foreign bodies were identified. Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide was not effective, but an excellent outcome was obtained using carbon dioxide laser vaporization of the lesion.

Document Type: Case report

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02575.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Dermatology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-dong, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-180, Korea

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