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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2017; 50(01): 104-106
DOI: 10.4103/ijps.IJPS_25_17
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Pyogenic granuloma-like lesion in children: Should we wait?

Lai Kuan Chooi
Department of Surgery, Reconstructive Science Unit, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
,
Arman Zaharil Mat Saad
Department of Surgery, Reconstructive Science Unit, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
,
Shamala Durairajanayagam
1   Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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05 July 2019 (online)

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ABSTRACT

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.

KEY WORDS

Melanoma - paediatrics - pyogenic granuloma - spindle cell nevus
 

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