Pyogenic granuloma – a study of 175 cases

Abstract EN

Pyogenic granuloma is relatively common benign vascular lesion of the skin and mucosa whose exact cause is unknown.

A 5 year retrospective analysis (January 2001 – December 2006) of histopathological record of patients diagnosed as cases of pyogenic granuloma were done to analyze the prevalence, common site, age of presentation and to see correlation between clinical and histopathological diagnosis.

Total number of cases studied were 175.

The age of the patient ranged from 1.5 to 70 years.

There were 89 (50.85 %) males and 86 (49.14 %) females.

Male to female ratio was 1.03 : 1 .

All patients had solitary lesions.

In 105 (60 %) patients the tumor was located in head and neck region with scalp being the commonest site.

Plethora of common clinical diagnosis made were papilloma (12%), sebaceouscyst (6.29%), parasitic lesion (3.43%), melanoma (3.43%), squamous cell carcinoma (3.43%), mucous retention cyst (3.43%) and naevus ( 2.86 %) .