Pyogenic Granuloma - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

pyogenic granuloma

Body Site

hand palm

Age

7 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 7 year old boy developed a rapidly growing nodule on the right palm at the base of the fifth digit. Several days earlier he experienced profuse bleeding after accidentally scraping the nodule. The lesion was successfully vaporized with a Coherent carbon dioxide laser at 30 watts power with a 1 mm hand piece. Pathology revealed a pyogenic granuloma and 1 month after surgery the wound was healed with a subtle scar.

Description

3 cm hemorrhagic nodule

Image Added

9/9/2002 23:49:17

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