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MORRIS WAISMAN, M.D.; RENZO G. OLIVETTI, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1952;66(4):466-469.

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AMONG barbers, penetration of cut hairs into the skin of the hand is a familiar occurrence. In 1946 and 1948, Patey and Scarff¹ described inflammatory and foreign body granulomatous reactions produced in the skin by buried hairs. Previously, in 1941, Allington and Templeton² had presented a similar case before the San Francisco Dermatological Society. Presumably the condition is more prevalent than the few reported cases would indicate, because to many of the victims such a relatively trivial and nondisabling occupational event hardly merits seeking medical consultation.

Clinically, there develops a pit or sinus between the fingers, from which protrude short, loose, easily removable hairs of different length, color, and texture. This sinus may become converted into an abscess, intermittently flaring up and discharging. Or the sinus may communicate a short distance proximally on the interdigital web with a nodule in which inflammatory manifestations are provoked . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
TAMPA, FLA.; ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

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