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Eruptive satellite vascular malformations after removal of a melanocytic naevus
Author(s) -
DEROO M.,
EECKHOUT I.,
NAEYAERT JM.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.18241929.x
Subject(s) - pyogenic granuloma , medicine , lesion , nevus , pathology , complication , pathogenesis , melanocytic nevus , congenital melanocytic nevus , surgical excision , vascular malformation , dermatology , surgery , melanoma , cancer research
The development of satellite lesions after removal of a pyogenic granuloma is well known. However, it is unusual to see this complication after the removal of a non‐angiomatous lesion. We describe a patient who developed multiple small vascular lesions after excision of a dermal melanocytic naevus on her back; new lesions continued to appear over the next 20 years. Little is known about the pathogenesis of eruptive lesions developing after excision of a primary tumour. Several hypotheses, such as the influence of mechanical forces, abnormalities in the vascular system and the existence of a circulating stimulatory factor, have been suggested.