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Rare case of pyogenic granuloma of the tongue in an 8-week-old infant

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We present a case of a large pyogenic granuloma of the tongue causing swallowing difficulties in an 8-week-old infant. In the literature, we found no case reports of pyogenic granuloma in such a young infant. It is a quickly growing, hypertrophic inflammatory change consisting of exceptionally richly vascularized granular tissue. The granuloma was located in the central part of the tongue and appeared dark pink in color. It was an easily bleeding pedunculated tumor measuring 3×2.5 cm. The etiology of the tumor is unknown; it can arise in sites of previous injury, chronic irritation and infection. The course of the disease is benign and painless, though it can be recurrent. No recurrence was found in the control examination after 3 years.

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The author thanks Professor W. Kozlowski for his help in the histopathological processing.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital, 4/24 Nieklanska str, 03-924, Warsaw, Poland

    Beata D. Zielnik Jurkiewicz

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Zielnik Jurkiewicz, B.D.. Rare case of pyogenic granuloma of the tongue in an 8-week-old infant. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 262, 453–455 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-004-0845-6

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