Although pyogenic granulomas are often clinically associated with foreign bodies or recurrent traumatic injury, this association is not well documented. We report a case of a recurrent, intractable pyogenic granuloma due to a missed foreign body. An extensive search retrieved no previous literature reporting this association. This lack of evidence bases may hinder the hand surgeon from extendin...

Pyogenic arthritis of lumber spinal facet joints is an extremely rare condition. There are only 40 reported cases worldwide. Most cases were associated with history of paravertebral injection, which was not found in our patient. At the time of hospital admission, he had no abnormal magnetic resonance image findings. Two weeks later, he developed pyogenic facet joint arthritis associated with pa...

Pyogenic liver abscess is a rare complication of diabetes, usually seen in adults greater than 50 years of age who have had diabetes for many years. We describe an 18-year-old male with type 2 diabetes found to have a pyogenic liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, and show accompanying images from his evaluation for fever of unknown origin (FUO). We conclude that in a child or adolesce...

consensus regarding management of pyogenic liver abscess (pla) among children is yet to emerge, and documentation on these subjects is scanty. eighteen cases of pla admitted at children’s medical center in tehran, iran, over a 15 year period were analyzed to document the clinical profile and to evaluate the management of pla among children. records of all patients were reviewed for presenting s...

Pyogenic granuloma, also known as lobular capillary hemangioma, is a common benign vascular proliferative lesion that can present at any age on the skin or mucous membranes. Most lesions do not exceed 2 cm, but there are a handful of giant cutaneous pyogenic granulomas that have been reported, often in individuals with underlying immune dysfunction. Here, we report the first giant pyogenic gran...

INTRODUCTION Meningitis is still a major cause of illness in many parts of the world. Though substantial improvement has been occurred in the diagnosis of meningitis, conclusive differentiation between tubercular and pyogenic meningitis remains to be an unsolved problem. Patients with meningitis often have severe neurological deficit or die inspite of antibiotic therapy. Thus, improvement in di...

It is considered that the pyogenic granuloma a frantic tissue reaction to local irritation or damage. These lesions usually appear as single nodule sessile papule with smooth lobulated surface. are available in range of sizes ranging from few millimetres many centimetres. Pyogenic oral cavity said affect gingiva 75% time. may extraterrestrially on occasion. We present case 22-year-old man's low...

palisaded encapsulated (solitary circumscribed) neuromas (pens) are relatively common intraoral neurogenic tumors, which occur most frequently on the hard palate. herein, we describe the clinicopathological characteristics of a palisaded encapsulated neuroma of the tongue. this tumor was an exophytic sessile mass measuring 0.3× 0.4 cm with rubbery consistency on the anterior one-third of the do...

introduction: few studies on benign soft tissue tumors of oral cavity have been conducted in an iranian population. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the benign soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity in three central pathology centers of rasht, iran. materials and methods: in this retrospective study, all benign soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity, were retrieved from...

BACKGROUND/AIMS This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-guided bone biopsy for the diagnosis of spinal infection and compared the clinical outcomes between tuberculous and pyogenic spinal infections. METHODS The retrospective cohort study included patients who received CT-guided bone biopsy at a tertiary hospital over the 13 years. RESULTS Among 100 patients, 6...