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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 17
| Issue : 1 | Page : 22-24 |
Cutaneous mercury granuloma
Kalpana A Bothale1, Sadhana D Mahore1, Sushil Pande2, Trupti Dongre1
1 Department of Pathology, N. K. P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Dermatology, N. K. P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Kalpana A Bothale
28, Shastri Layout Khamla, Nagpur - 440 025, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.116369
Cutaneous mercury granuloma is rarely encountered. Clinically it may pose difficulty in diagnosis. Here, we report a 23-year-old male presented with erythematous, nodular lesions over the forearm and anterior aspect of chest wall. Metallic mercury in tissue sections appear as dark black, opaque, spherical globules of varying size and number. They are surrounded by granulomatous foreign-body reaction. It is composed of foreign body giant cells and mixed inflammatory infiltrate composed of histiocytes, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and few eosinophils.
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