foreign body granuloma
Histologic Features
- Confluent parakeratosis
- Artefactual linear tears of the tissue perpendicular to the surface
- Irregular nodular collections of histiocytes with many multinucleated giant cells
- Scattered lymphocytes
- Fibroplasia of the dermis
- Foreign bodies seen under the polarized light
- A negative stain for acid-fast bacilli
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