A rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in children: Pyogenic granuloma

Abstract

Pyogenic granuloma is a polypoidous shaped capillary hemangioma. It is oftenly observed in the skin, but also can be found on nasal or oral mucosa. Pyogenic granulomas that are accepted as benign granulomas are rarely observed in the gastrointestinal tract. Reported cases of gastrointestinal pyogenic granulomas in childhood are few in number. There fore we wanted to present a patient who referred with rectal bleeding and the diagnostic of pyogenic granuloma in the rectum was made.