A Case of Giant Pyogenic Granuloma on the Palm

손바닥에 발생한 거대 화농성 육아종 1예

  • Park, Jeung-Young (Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Sik (Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Hye (Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Hoon (Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Choi, Jong-Soo (Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Hong (Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • 박정영 (영남대학교 의과대학 피부과학교실) ;
  • 김영식 (영남대학교 의과대학 피부과학교실) ;
  • 김미혜 (영남대학교 의과대학 피부과학교실) ;
  • 신동훈 (영남대학교 의과대학 피부과학교실) ;
  • 최종수 (영남대학교 의과대학 피부과학교실) ;
  • 김기홍 (영남대학교 의과대학 피부과학교실)
  • Published : 2010.06.30

Abstract

Pyogenic granuloma is one of the common benign vascular tumors of infants and children and it can also occur in adults. There are 25 reports of patients with pyogenic granuloma in the Korean medical literature. In three reports, giant pyogenic granuloma developed over 2 cm in size ($1.3{\times}0.7cm$, $1.2{\times}0.8cm$ and $1.1{\times}0.7cm$, respectively). There have been no reports in the Korean medical literature of pyogenic granuloma over 2 cm in size. Herein, we report on a giant pyogenic granuloma on the palm of a 72-year old female. The lesion was of an unusually large size of $2.8{\times}2.5{\times}1.3cm$ and we excised it by performing electrosurgery.

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