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Case Reports
. 1984 Nov;10(11):902-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1984.tb01344.x.

Embedded foreign bodies presenting as earlobe keloids

E R Saleeby, M G Rubin, E Youshock, D M Kleinsmith
Case Reports

Embedded foreign bodies presenting as earlobe keloids

E R Saleeby et al. J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1984 Nov.

Abstract

We present a case report of a young woman who developed earlobe nodules subsequent to the piercing of her ears. Clinically the nodules appeared to be keloids. Surgical intervention demonstrated the nodules to consist of the embedded backings of her pierced earrings.

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