Disseminated Granulomata

Multiple or Disseminated Pyogenic Granulomata? A Complex Presentation in a Nine-Year-Old Boy

Pyogenic granuloma is a relatively common benign lesion of the skin and/or mucosal surfaces, accounting for 0.5% of all skin nodules in children in the United States alone (Lin et al, 2004). The aetiology is still poorly understood but trauma, hormonal influence, viral oncogenes, microscopic arteriovenous malformations and growth factors (e.g. tumour angiogenesis factor – Patrice et al, 1991) h...

Hepatic granulomata associated with adenocarcinoma.

A 38-year-old woman was admitted in May 1981, for investigation of anorexia and weight loss. Her past history included pregnancy glycosuria in 1968 and mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease in 1976. She was taking digoxin and nicoumalone. For six months she had experienced intermittent pleuritic chest pain and on one occasion had had a small haemoptysis. On examination she looked...

Ileo-caecal Granulomata.

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS The present confusion concerning the classification and terminology of granulomatous lesions of the ileo-caecal area is pointed out. Fifteen cases are reviewed with regard to clinical presentation, operative findings, and post-operative development. The tissues removed from these patients are critically reviewed with regard to features which would classify them as tuberculosi...

Non-specific granulomata of the intestinal tract

Aerosol antiperspirants and axillary granulomata.

scored the top mark of five out of six: four were general practitioners and only one was a nurse (from the medical department). The paediatric nurses' scores were relatively high but they scored relatively few marks on refinements of technique. Nobody appreciated that any powder remaining in the opaque portion of the Rotacap does not emerge however hard the patient inhales. Although the instruc...