[Congenital telangiectasic (pyogenic) granuloma of the anus: a rare location of a benign neonatal tumor].

The neonatal anus is an unusual anatomic site for granuloma pyogenicum (GP). Several synonisms exist for GP (at least 16). It is a tumor of soft tissues (benign vascular tumor). Both a maternal variant (the epulis) and a hamartomatous perinatal one are known. The terms teleangiectasic granuloma and pyogenic or infected granuloma have been used to describe respectively the early and late stages of the lesion. In the anal site it appears as a sessile or peduncolated, red-wine, soft little tumor of the size of a millet or barley grain. Histologically it is a capillary haemangioma with inflammatory infiltrates in its soft connective tissue stroma and covered with thinned epidermis. During 1988 we have seen two cases in 2000 consecutive newborns, both in females.