Multifocal congenital pyogenic granuloma successfully treated with oral propranolol.

Pediatr Dermatol

Dermatopathology Division, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.

Published: January 2019

Disseminated congenital pyogenic granuloma (DCPG) is an uncommon condition. Individual lesions of DCPG share clinical and histologic similarities with infantile hemangioma (IH); endothelial glucose transporter 1 (GLUT-1), which is highly expressed in IH but generally not in pyogenic granulomas (PG), is an important diagnostic tool. Treatment for DCPG remains difficult. We describe a case of DCPG effectively treated with propranolol.

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