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[Granulomatous skin disease after an exotic injury].
- Source :
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Ceskoslovenska patologie [Cesk Patol] 2003 Apr; Vol. 39 (2), pp. 80-4. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Piranhas are feared freshwater fishes commonly found in the waters of southern Venezuela to the north of Argentina. At present this species is a favourite domesticated article of our aquarists. The authors describe the histopathologic picture of a cutaneous lesion of the right hand thumb of a 60-year old piranha keeper who was bitten by this predatory fish. A firm node with increasing soreness gradually developed in the area of the lesion, and after 7 months the symptoms of the carpal tunnel syndrome were also present. Granulomatous foci--some sarcoid-like, others with central necrosis--were permeated with fibrinoid substance. Epithelioid granuloma cells with huge incorporated multinuclear elements were covered mainly by T-lymphocytes. Ziehl-Neelsen stain did not prove the presence of diagnostic acid-fast rods. Only in some macrophages rare acid-fast spheric microstructures were present in the cytoplasm. Both the local dermatologic finding and histological examination gave evidence that the skin was infected with atypical mycobacteria--swimming pool granuloma.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Bites and Stings microbiology
Granuloma etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous etiology
Mycobacterium marinum
Skin Diseases, Bacterial etiology
Bites and Stings complications
Fishes
Granuloma pathology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous pathology
Skin Diseases, Bacterial pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Slovak
- ISSN :
- 1210-7875
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Ceskoslovenska patologie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12874906