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Image Number #2466 (Pyogenic granuloma)

Site: Cheek

Diagnosis: Pyogenic granuloma

Sex: M

Age: 55

Type: Dermlite Non Polarised

Submitted By: Wynn Hlaing

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Description: Dermoscopy-White scaly collarette.

History:

This man presented with history of recurrent bleeding from his left cheek papule .It has been slowly enlarging for the past month.Second dermoscopic image was taken two weeks after the initial visit,before the curette and cauterization.Histopathology confirmed  the clinical diagnosis of granuloma pyogenicum.

Important differential diagnosis for pyogenic granuloma is amelanotic melanoma.

A white scaly collarette likely corresponds to hyperplastic epithelium.

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