The Age Old Misnomer: Oral Pyogenic Granuloma–A Case Report

Dr. Geon Pauly*, Roopashri Rajesh Kashyap, Raghavendra Kini, Prasanna Kumar Rao, Gowri P Bhandarkar, and Surashmi PT

Received: September 07, 2018;   Published: September 12, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/MADOHC.2018.03.000157

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Abstract

An essential diagnostic challenge often faced by oral physicians is diagnosing soft tissue enlargements of the oral cavity. The fundamental reason being there are a diverse group of pathologic processes that can produce such lesions. Any intra-oral enlargement seen may represent a variation of normal anatomic structures, developmental anomalies, inflammation, cysts or even a neoplasm. Confined to these are the group of reactive hyperplasias of the oral cavity, which develop in response to a chronic, recurring tissue injury that stimulates an exuberant or excessive tissue repair response. Pyogenic granuloma comes under as one of the most common entities responsible for causing soft tissue enlargements.

Keywords: Pyogenic Granuloma; Oral Cavity; Inflammatory Hyperplasia; Misnomer

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