PERSISTENT PREGNANCY TUMOR : A CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Priya, K. and Sekar, B. and Augustine, Dominic and Murali, S. (2012) PERSISTENT PREGNANCY TUMOR : A CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE. ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY JOURNAL, 3.0 (2). pp. 264-268. ISSN 0976-1225

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Abstract

Oral pyogenic granuloma is a hyperplastic inflammatory lesion commonly associated to local irritation or trauma. Females are more affected than men probably due to the vascular effects of hormones that occur during puberty, pregnancy and menopause. In pregnancy, the lesions are known as pregnancy tumor and tend to occur more frequently during the second and third trimester. In the oral cavity, histopathological examination is required for diagnosis, since the lesion is clinically indistinguishable from other reactive lesions and, usually, there is no evidence of bone involvement. We present a case of pregnancy tumor highlighting the need for proper management that occured in the mandibular gingiva of a 27 year old female in the second

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Pyogenic granuloma, pregnancy tumor, persistence
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Last Modified: 06 Feb 2026 06:51
URI: https://ir.vmrfdu.edu.in/id/eprint/6121

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