Korean J Ophthalmol.
2019 Oct;33(5):483-484. 10.3341/kjo.2019.0017.
Conjunctival Pyogenic Granuloma: Cases with Undetermined Etiologies
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. jeonhs@snu.ac.kr
- KMID: 2459533
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2019.0017
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Fig. 1 Clinical courses of conjunctival pyogenic granuloma. Case 1. (A) An 8-year-old boy with a vascularized broad-based mass. (B) Two months after using topical steroids. Case 2. (C) A 10-year-old boy with a pedunculated mass. (D) Two weeks after, without any treatment. Case 3. (E) A 29-year-old man with a pedunculated, dark red mass. (F) The lesion after excision. (G,H) Hematoxylin and eosin stain: an unusual vascular pattern of numerous blood-filled, capillary-sized channels with some neutrophils and lymphocytes and peripheral hemorrhages with erythrocytes (G, ×40; H, ×200). Informed consents were obtained from the patients for publication of this case report and any accompanying images.
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