Multiple giant disseminated pyogenic granuloma in a burn lesion

Abstract

This case describes a 2-year-old boy who developed multiple giant pyogenic granulomas on his left upper extremity secondary to a burn injury caused by boiling milk. Here, we present multiple pyogenic granulomas in a burn patient and discuss the possible etiologies of the entity. The pyogenic granulomas were excised and wounds closed with sutures (primary repair) (primary closure). No pyogenic granulomas have recurred after 11 months of follow-up. Pyogenic granuloma with multiple dissemination in a burn scar is an extremely rare occurrence, and there have been no reports of pyogenic granulomas caused by flame and other type of scalding burns such as hot water and oil. The case presented here was a burn injury caused by hot milk. The burn etiology, not the burn injury itself, is important because all similar cases have the same etiology. We thought that this may not be a coincidence and that milk proteins or other components of the milk might cause the development of pyogenic granuloma.