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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Giant pyogenic granuloma of the thigh: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Giant pyogenic granuloma of the thigh a case report Peter M Nthumba Open Access Address Department of Surgery AIC Kijabe Hospital P.O. Box 20 Kijabe 00220 Kenya Email Peter M Nthumba - nthumba@gmail.com Published 31 March 2008 Received 4 July 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 95 doi 10.1186 1752-1947-2-95 Accepted 31 March 2008 This article is available from http www.jmedicalcasereports.cOm content 2 1 95 2008 Nthumba licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract 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 presentation A 28-year-old woman presented with a solitary large tumor on a skin graft donor site on her left thigh. On excision and histological examination the tumor was found to be a lobular capillary hemangioma pyogenic granuloma . Further investigation in search of a possible explanation for this unusual presentation revealed HIV infection as the underlying cause. Conclusion This report underscores the fact that the full spectrum of presentation of HIV infection is still unknown. Unusual or unexpected presentations should arouse suspicion of underlying immunosuppression especially in HIV endemic areas. Introduction The term pyogenic granuloma PG is a misnomer and lobular capillary hemangioma is the currently preferred term 1-3 . PG is a benign lesion that occurs on skin and mucosal surfaces of the .