Treatment options for cutaneous pyogenic granulomas: A review

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1216-1220

  Lee, James ^a   Sinno, Hani ^a   Tahiri, Youssef ^a   Gilardino, Mirko S ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lobular capillary hemangioma; Pyogenic granuloma; Recurrence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; GLYCEROL; IMIQUIMOD; LIQUID NITROGEN; MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE; SILVER NITRATE; STEROID; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

CANCER SURGERY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAUTERIZATION; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DIATHERMY; EXCISION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN GRANULOMA; SUTURE;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CAUTERY; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SILVER NITRATE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 80052026405     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.12.021     Document Type: Review

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