Intravenous Pyogenic Granuloma in Sentinel Vein: A Case Report.
- Author:
Ki Yong HONG
1
;
Eui Cheol JEONG
;
Xianghua MIN
;
Kyung Won MINN
;
Young Jik LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Institue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ejeong@kma.org
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Iintravenous pyogenic granoloma;
Lobular capillary
- MeSH:
Adult;
Capillaries;
Epidermal Cyst;
Granuloma;
Granuloma, Pyogenic;
Humans;
Lipoma;
Neck;
Nitriles;
Pyrethrins;
Recurrence;
Upper Extremity;
Veins
- From:Journal of the Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
2010;11(1):62-64
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Lobular capillary hemangioma is a vascular tumor that commonly occurs as a cutaneous lesion. Intravenous pyogenic granuloma is a rare form of lobular capillary hemangioma that usually occurs in the veins of the neck and the upper extremities. METHODS: A 41-year-old man presented with 3 months history of nodules on the left temporal area and these lesions were clinically mistaken for a typical lipoma or epidermal cyst, but the nodules appeared unusually vascular with sentinel veins on excision. RESULTS: On the histopathologic examination, the excised tissue was observed as an intraluminal polypoid mass, which was attached to the vein via a fibrovascular stalk and capillaries in a loose edematous fibromyxoid stroma, and so the lesions were confirmed to be intravenous pyogenic granuloma. At 6 months after excision, there has been no recurrence and the patient is asymptomatic. CONCLUSION: Intravenous pyogenic granuloma is a rare variant of lobular capillary hemangioma. This article describes the surgical and histopathological findings of treating pyrogenic granuloma.
