Foreign Body Reaction - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Nikolaos Sferopoulos, MD

Diagnosis

foreign body reaction

Body Site

wrist

Age

57 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

purple

Morphology

nodule

Pattern

solitary

Comments

A 57-year-old man developed a painless mass on the dorsal aspect of his wrist. He remembered injuring the area and removing a plant spine as an adolescent 40 years ago. The nodule was excised and biopsy showed a foreign body granuloma.

Description

2 cm nontender subcutaneous pale purple rubbery nodule

Image Added

3/25/2007 11:57:18

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