Successful treatment of pyogenic granuloma with injection of absolute ethanol.
Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is a small, almost always solitary, sessile or pedunculated, raspberry-like vegetation of exuberant granulation tissue. Conservative treatment by techniques such as cryosurgery, laser surgery, and electrodesiccation are usually adequate, whereas excisional treatment can often result in noticeable scars. We attempted a different approach using an injection of absolute ethanol in five patients with recurrence due to inadequate cryosurgery. This therapy is less invasive than surgical excision and appears to be an alternative therapy for PG.
Ichimiya
Makoto
M
Department of Dermatology and Biomolecular Recognition, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Japan.
Yoshikawa
Yoshiaki
Y
Hamamoto
Yoshiaki
Y
Muto
Masahiko
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002424:Caustics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D005528:Foot; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008046:Lip; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002424:Caustics; D000431:Ethanol