Beryllium granuloma of the skin.

Granulomatous lesions of the skin produced by beryllium compounds were first described by Grier, Nash, and Freiman (1948), but no case occurring in this country has yet been published. As interest in the effects of exposure to beryllium has grown with the increased use of this metal during the last decade, a case of multiple beryllium granulomatosis of the skin occurring in a girl of 20 years is described. The patient was employed in a factory making fluorescent tubes. The makers of the tubes informed us that the fluorescent powder used at the time of the injury consisted of a mixture of zinc beryllium silicate with an average beryllium content of about 8%.