Pyogenic granuloma or granuloma pyogenicum is a well-known oral lesion. The name pyogenic granuloma is a misnomer since the condition is not associated with pus and does not represent a granuloma histologically. Pyogenic granuloma of the oral cavity is known to involve the gingiva commonly. Extragingivally, it can occur on the lips, tongue, buccal mucosa, palate, and the like. A history of trau...

Most epidural abscesses are a secondary lesion of pyogenic spondylodiscitis. An epidural abscess associated with pyogenic arthritis of the facet joint is quite rare. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report of the use of antibiotic-cement beads in the surgical treatment of an epidural abscess. This paper reports a 63-year-old male who sustained a 1-week history of radiating pain to both...

Attempts to produce in animals conditions resembling various rheumatic diseases have been numerous and have employed a wide variety of agents. Such work has usually had as its object the investigation of the part played by a certain factor in the causation of rheumatic conditions or the provision of animal subjects to test the efficacy of therapeutic agents. The work reported here was undertake...

Background: Pyogenic granuloma is a benign vascular proliferation that is often related to minor trauma by the patient. Objective: Evaluation of the efficacy of cryotherapy in the treatment of pyogenic granuloma. Patients and Methods: Hundred and forty-six patients with pyogenic granuloma were treated by cryosurgery using liquid nitrogen and cotton tip applicator in an open clinical trial. This...

background: historically open surgical drainage has been the treatment of choice for pyogenic liver abscess. the records of 54 patients with pyogenic liver abscess were reviewed to determine whether earlier diagnosis with current imaging tests and definitive treatment with antibiotics and aspiration drainage was an effective alternative to surgery. methods: the clinical features, laboratory tes...

The purpose of this study was to explore the association between zolpidem use and pyogenic liver abscess in Taiwan.This was a population-based case-control study using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program since 2000 to 2011. We identified 1325 patients aged 20 to 84 years with the first-attack of pyogenic liver abscess as the cases, and 5082 patients without pyogenic liv...

The appearance of multiple satellite lesions is a rare complication of the treatment of a primary pyogenic granuloma lesion. We report 5 cases of recurrent pyogenic granuloma in patients aged between 4 and 31 years. The lesions resolved spontaneously after 1 to 9 months. Although the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent pyogenic granuloma can be problematic, this condition is benign and frequen...