GRANULOMA PYOGENICUM

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Cases of granuloma pyogenicum are frequently exhibited by dermatologists, who briefly define the condition as "a small, red, prominent. pedunculated tumor occurring on exposed surfaces, often eroded or crusting, oozing a small amount of pus, chronic in clinical course, benign, but having the tendency to recur unless completely destroyed."Although, through numerous observations, granuloma pyogenicum has been thoroughly established as an entity, pathologists, on histologic grounds, have considerably widened the conception of this condition. They differ from the clinicians on two main points: First, they do not consider pedunculation as a requisite for diagnosis; and, secondly, they have demonstrated that the epidermal change may vary from erosion with complete loss of epithelium up to extreme thickening with hyperkeratosis and acanthosis. Although the conceptions of the disease do not essentially vary, I believe the term pyogenic granuloma should include all sharply circumcribed granulation tissue growths occurring on cutaneous or mucous membrane

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