Recurrent Episodes of Oral Pyogenic Granuloma at Different Site in an 8-year-old Girl: An Unusual Presentation

Pyogenic granuloma is one of the benign vascular neoplasms seen in the first and second decade of life, with a female predilection. Pyogenic granuloma presents as a small reddish exophytic lesion, gingiva being the commonest site. This report presents a case of recurrent episodes of pyogenic granulo...

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Autores principales: Kavitha, Muthukrishnan, Prathima, Gajula Shivashankarappa, Vinothini, Venkatachalamoorthi, Vigneshwari, Subramaniam Kalaiyarasu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934292
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2033
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Sumario:Pyogenic granuloma is one of the benign vascular neoplasms seen in the first and second decade of life, with a female predilection. Pyogenic granuloma presents as a small reddish exophytic lesion, gingiva being the commonest site. This report presents a case of recurrent episodes of pyogenic granuloma at a different site at different time intervals in an 8-year-old girl child which was found to be an unusual presentation, and it highlights the importance of early diagnosis and management of the pyogenic granuloma to avoid the discomfort. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Kavitha M, Prathima GS, Vinothini V, et al. Recurrent Episodes of Oral Pyogenic Granuloma at Different Site in an 8-year-old Girl: An Unusual Presentation. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(5):730–733.

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