INTRODUCTION Pyogenic granuloma or lobular capillary hemangioma remains an etiopathological enigma, with trauma, inflammatory and infectious agents being the commonest suspected causative agents. These lesions affect mucous membranes of the upper aero-digestive tract, and skin. HIV patients diagnosed with pyogenic granuloma present with multiple lesions, caused by Bartonella spp. CASE PRESENT...

BACKGROUND Lobular capillary hemangioma (LCH) is a benign vascular tumor that is rare in adults and has never been reported in the liver. This vascular lesion usually presents on the skin or mucous membranes, and predominantly affects children. METHODS LCH as a large asymptomatic hepatic mass was seen in a 35-year-old female. Imaging and pathologic characteristics of the mass are reviewed, an...

A 74-year-old woman presented with a history of right leg pain. She did not have any obvious past or recent history of physical trauma. Knee radiography showed an oval hypertranslucent lesion in the right tibia (Picture 1). Computed tomography revealed an osteolytic tumor in the left ilium and the right tibia (Picture 2). The left iliac lesion appeared hyperintense on T2-weighted short-tau inve...