Squamous cell papilloma of the gingiva with a “garlanding a tooth” appearance: Report of an unusual case

Squamous cell papilloma of the gingiva is a benign, asymptomatic, exophytic nonplaque-associated gingival lesion caused by human papillomavirus. It affects several areas of the oral cavity with a relatively lower predilection for gingiva. The finger-like clinical presentation may be scary, misleadin...

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Autores principales: Datta, Pratiti, Panda, Akshyata, Lenka, Sthitaprajna, Satpathy, Anurag
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33424176
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_502_19
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Sumario:Squamous cell papilloma of the gingiva is a benign, asymptomatic, exophytic nonplaque-associated gingival lesion caused by human papillomavirus. It affects several areas of the oral cavity with a relatively lower predilection for gingiva. The finger-like clinical presentation may be scary, misleading and may be confused with other lesions. This report presents a case of squamous cell papilloma of the gingiva. We report an unusual case of squamous papilloma of the gingiva with an unusual “garlanding a tooth” appearance.

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