Embedded Foreign Bodies Presenting as Earlobe Keloids

ELI R. SALEEBY · Mark G. Rubin · Eva Youshock · D’Anne M. Kleinsmith

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Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications Dermatologic Treatments and Research Foreign Body Medical Cases

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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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