Pyoenic granuloma with alveolar bone loss
Pyogenic granuloma is an inflammatory hyperplasia of connective tissue which arises in response to various chronic low grade irritations. It is a tumor like growth of oral cavity and considers being non-neoplastic in nature. It predominantly occurs in the second decade of life in young females and r...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: | Pyogenic granuloma is an inflammatory hyperplasia of connective tissue which arises in response to various chronic low grade irritations. It is a tumor like growth of oral cavity and considers being non-neoplastic in nature. It predominantly occurs in the second decade of life in young females and rarely causes significantly alveolar bone loss. This paper present case of a pyogenic granuloma, the size of lesion was unusual large with severe alveolar bone loss in affected site and managed by surgical intervention. |
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Item Description: | 2231-0754 10.4103/2231-0754.153505 |