Histocytoma

Swarupmay Majumdar a small lump like structure seen on the inner flap of ear for 2 days , slightly elevated from skin, hyperemic without any crusts & scratchings. TDX: Pyogenic granuloma? Warts? MCT? TX: Cephalosporin bid 500mg + Kiskin ointment. adv review after 3 days.

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11 February at 09:06 · Comment · · Share

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    Anoop Sahu go to remove this and cauterised. need not give any medication

    11 February at 09:30 ·
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    Gautam Unny pic not clear but why not just chop it off? clamp it with an artery forcep and use a single stitch below and cut it off.

    11 February at 16:40 ·
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    Swarupmay Majumdar I was worried as its on the ear.

    12 February at 15:25 ·
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    Vetrimalai Kutty why can't we use homeo medicine like Thuja and see....

    13 February at 10:47 ·
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    Padma Yadlapalli Could you give the signalment of this case

    14 February at 05:23 ·
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    Swarupmay Majumdar a very healthy labrador retriever of age 8 months , male intact.

    15 February at 09:42 ·
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    Padma Yadlapalli

    It could be a histiocytoma given the signalment; generally these are benign in nature and spontaneously resolve; you may need to use a topical steroid/ab oint if gets infected; they tend to also bleed easily so try to protect the lesion if ...See more

    15 February at 19:15 ·
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    Muthuswamy Anantharaman yeah, histiocytomas can also regress spontaneously. FNA will show sheets of round cells resembling histiocytes.

    17 February at 19:31 ·