"De novo pyogenic granuloma-like melanoma in 3-year-old girl."

Chagraoui H et al.

The case of cutaneous melanoma (unclassifiable melanoma with thickness of Breslow 5 mm) arising de novo (on healthy skin) in the right zygomatic region of a three-year-old girl and clinically suggestive for diagnosis of "pyogenic granuloma."

This report confirms the need for histological monitoring of all lesions clinically and dermoscopicallyidentified as "pyogenic granuloma" (currently more properly termed Lobular Erutative Hemangioma) because of the albeit rare possibility of confusion with nodular melanoma amelanic

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