Intravenous pyogenic granuloma of the ocular adnexa. Report of two cases and review of the literature. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Intravenous pyogenic granuloma is a recently described form of pyogenic granuloma (PG) in which the angiomatous proliferation is confined entirely within the lumen of a vein. To our knowledge, only four cases involving the ocular adnexa, including two that we encountered, have been described. Histologically, this benign lesion is similar to PG of other locations and is characterized by lobular congeries of capillaries embedded in a fibromyxoid matrix containing scattered chronic inflammatory cells. The whole lesion appears as a single polypoid mass projecting into the lumen of a dilated vein. The histogenesis of this lesion remains obscure. Complete local excision is the treatment of choice. Intravenous PG can be differentiated from other intravascular fibroangiomatous proliferations, including intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia, intravenous atypical vascular proliferation, intravascular fasciitis, and organized thrombus.

publication date

  • September 1, 1985

Research

keywords

  • Eyelid Neoplasms
  • Hemangioma
  • Lacrimal Apparatus
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021926672

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1001/archopht.1985.01050090116045

PubMed ID

  • 4038129

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 103

issue

  • 9