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Intravenous Pyogenic Granuloma in Sentinel Vein: A Case Report  

Hong, Ki Yong (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Institue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Jeong, Eui Cheol (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Institue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Min, Xianghua (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Institue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Minn, Kyung Won (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Research Institue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Lee, Young Jik (Department of Pathology, Suncheon St. Carollo Hospital)
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Archives of Craniofacial Surgery / v.11, no.1, 2010 , pp. 62-64 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Iintravenous pyogenic granoloma; Lobular capillary hemangioma; Sentinel vein;
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