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Granuloma pyogenicum—a hitherto unrecognized complication of smallpox vaccination
Author(s) -
ZAYID ISMAIL,
FARRAJ SAMIR
Publication year - 1974
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb06405.x
Subject(s) - smallpox , vaccination , etiology , medicine , granuloma , smallpox vaccination , smallpox vaccine , complication , lesion , pathology , dermatology , immunology , surgery , vaccinia , biology , gene , recombinant dna , biochemistry
SUMMARY Nineteen cases of granuloma pyogenicum, arising at the site of smallpox vaccination, are reported The cause of this lesion, which remains obscure, is discussed and the possibility that an infective agent is an aetiological factor is suggested.