Ann Dermatol.  2004 Mar;16(1):9-12. 10.5021/ad.2004.16.1.9.

Pseudolymphoma Induced by Ear Piercing

• Huh CH
• Park JY
• Won CH
• Eun HC
• Moon SE

• KMID: 2158504
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2004.16.1.9

Abstract

We present a patient who developed a pseudolymphoma after ear piercing. A patch test showed gold sensitivity. Therefore, long standing dermal exposure to gold from a pierced-type earring might have produced the patient's disease. This patient did not respond to an intralesional steroid injection and was finally treated with a complete resection of the lesion. It is proposed that every patient with a hyperplastic lesion in the ear lobe should be taken a biopsy in order to rule out the possibility of a pseudolymphoma. When a pseudolymphoma develops in the ear lobe, a complete surgical excision could be the treatment of choice, especially for the prevention of recurrence.

Keyword

Gold hypersensitivity; Ear piercing; Pseudolymphoma

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Body Piercing*
Ear*
Humans
Patch Tests
Pseudolymphoma*
Recurrence