Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1364-1368 , August 2010

Pyogenic granuloma–treatment by shave-excision and/or pulsed-dye laser

  • Ajay R. Sud

      Affiliations

    • Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
    • University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Swee T. Tan

      Affiliations

    • Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
    • University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Private Bag 31907, High Street, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Tel.: +64 4 5872506; fax: +64 4 5872510.

Received 26 February 2009 ,Accepted 20 June 2009.

References 

  1. Witthaut J, Steffens K, Koob E. Reliable treatment of pyogenic granuloma of the hand. J Hand Surg Br. 1994;19:791–793
  2. Pagliai KA, Cohen BA. Pyogenic granuloma in children. Pediatr Dermatol. 2004;21:10–13
  3. Harris MN, Desai R, Chuang T-Y, et al. Lobular capillary hemangiomas: an epidemiologic report, with emphasis on cutaneous lesions. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2000;42:1012–1016
  4. Chang MW. Updated classification of hemangiomas and other vascular anomalies. Lymphat Res Biol. 2003;1:259–265
  5. Bouquot JE. Common oral lesions found during a mass screening examination. J Am Dent Assoc. 1986;112:50–57
  6. Choudhary S, MacKinnon CA, Morrissey GP, et al. A case of giant nasal pyogenic granuloma gravidarum. J Craniofac Surg. 2005;16:319–321
  7. Alam M, Posten W, Martini MC, et al. Aesthetic and functional efficacy of subcuticular running epidermal closures of the trunk and extremity: a rater-blinded randomized control trial. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Oct;142:1272–1278
  8. Grimalt R, Caputo R. Symmetric pyogenic granuloma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993;29:652
  9. Giblin AV, Clover AJP, Athanassopoulos A, et al. Pyogenic granuloma the quest for optimum treatment: audit of treatment of 408 cases. JPRAS. 2007;60:1030–1035
  10. Kirschner RE, Low DW. Treatment of pyogenic granuloma by shave excision and laser photocoagulation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1999;104:1346–1349
  11. Patrice SJ, Wiss K, Mulliken JB. Pyogenic granuloma (lobular capillary hemangioma): a clinicopathological study of 178 cases. Pediatr Dermatol. 1991;8:267–276
  12. Quitkin HM, Rosenwasser MP, Strauch RJ. The efficacy of silver nitrate cauterization for pyogenic granuloma of the hand. J Hand Surg. 2003;28A:425–438
  13. Tay Y-K, Weston WL, Morelli JG. Treatment of pyogenic granuloma in children with flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser. Pediatrics. 1997;99:368–370
  14. Friebel M, Helfmann J, Müller G, et al. Influence of shear rate on the optical properties of human blood in the spectral range 250 to 1100nm. J Biomed Opt. 2007 Sep–Oct;12:054005

☆ This paper was presented, in part, at the Conjoint Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Hong Kong College of Surgeons, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, May 11–16, 2008, and the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons' Annual Scientific Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 8 November 2008.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00494-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.06.031

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1364-1368 , August 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution