Abstract
A twenty-one-year-old woman who had been involved in an accident sustained severe trauma to the left side of her face and scalp. Because of deterioration in her neurologic condition, a number of exploratory burr holes were drilled in her skull. Fifteen years later, a 6 mm black tender nodule was noted on the left temple, close to one of the burr holes. Nodular melanoma was suspected, but results of microscopic examination proved the lesion to be a granuloma with transepidermal elimination of exogenous filamentous material. The relationship between foreign bodies and cutaneous neoplasia, genuine or simulated, is noted briefly.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-61 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Cutis |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |