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Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait?
Malignant melanoma is a potentially lethal cutaneous malignancy. Melanoma in paediatrics is rare as compared to adult melanoma. The clinicopathological characteristics of paediatric melanoma are different from adult melanoma, and the presence of melanoma mimics which occurs frequently in children (S...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469218/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615821 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijps.IJPS_25_17 |
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author | Chooi, Lai Kuan Saad, Arman Zaharil Mat Durairajanayagam, Shamala |
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description | Malignant melanoma is a potentially lethal cutaneous malignancy. Melanoma in paediatrics is rare as compared to adult melanoma. The clinicopathological characteristics of paediatric melanoma are different from adult melanoma, and the presence of melanoma mimics which occurs frequently in children (Spitz naevi) resulted in diagnosis uncertainty. We reported a 9-year-old girl who presented with a slow-growing, pyogenic granuloma-like lesion which was diagnosed with melanoma. It is important to have a high index of suspicion in paediatric skin lesion that would usually be deemed benign. Early tissue biopsy in a suspicious lesion prevents delayed diagnosis and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-54692182017-06-14 Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait? Chooi, Lai Kuan Saad, Arman Zaharil Mat Durairajanayagam, Shamala Indian J Plast Surg Case Report Malignant melanoma is a potentially lethal cutaneous malignancy. Melanoma in paediatrics is rare as compared to adult melanoma. The clinicopathological characteristics of paediatric melanoma are different from adult melanoma, and the presence of melanoma mimics which occurs frequently in children (Spitz naevi) resulted in diagnosis uncertainty. We reported a 9-year-old girl who presented with a slow-growing, pyogenic granuloma-like lesion which was diagnosed with melanoma. It is important to have a high index of suspicion in paediatric skin lesion that would usually be deemed benign. Early tissue biopsy in a suspicious lesion prevents delayed diagnosis and treatment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5469218/ /pubmed/28615821 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijps.IJPS_25_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Chooi, Lai Kuan Saad, Arman Zaharil Mat Durairajanayagam, Shamala Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait? |
title | Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait? |
title_full | Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait? |
title_fullStr | Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait? |
title_full_unstemmed | Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait? |
title_short | Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait? |
title_sort | pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: should we wait? |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469218/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615821 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijps.IJPS_25_17 |
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