title: Recurrent pyogenic granuloma with satellitosis.
abstract: A 26-year-old woman was treated by curettage and cautery for a pyogenic granuloma on her left shoulder. This recurred 3 months later and was excised. After a further 5 months, she developed three vascular papules and one lobulated vascular lesion at the site. These ranged in size from 1-4 mm and the largest of these bled easily on minimal trauma. The authors treated the four vascular lesions with curettage and cautery and took a punch biopsy from an erythematous area in the scar. Histology was identical to the original lesion, confirming a diagnosis of recurrent pyogenic granuloma with satellitosis. One year later she had no evidence of recurrence of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK. susannah@susannahgeorge.net
authors.forename: Susannah Mary Creighton
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Sunita R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gossain
authors.forename: Iain K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Coburn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002425:Cautery; D003475:Curettage; D005260:Female; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012782:Shoulder; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery