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Pyogenic granuloma within port-wine stains: an alarming clinical presentation Volume 12, numéro 4, July - August 2002

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Department of Dermatology, Bichat-Claude-Bernard Hospital, 75018 Paris, France.
  • Page(s) : 373-5
  • Année de parution : 2002

Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is a common, usually solitary, benign, angiomatous proliferation of skin and mucous membrane [1]. This lesion, on rare occasions, develops within a pre-existing vascular malformation. We report two cases of pyogenic granuloma arising within port-wine stain. Case reports Case 1: A 31-year-old white woman was seen in April 1994 for an exophytic tumour on the left heel. Since her childhood, she had noticed a "blue [...]