Gingival angioleiomyoma mimicking as pyogenic granuloma- A report of rare case
Journal Title: Journal of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Leiomyomas are the smooth muscle tumors that most commonly occur in the uterus skin and gastrointestinal tract They are benign in nature and rarely seen in oral cavity and it accounts for 042 of all oral soft tissue tumors Angioleiomyomas are believed to be originated from perivascular area of blood vessels Angioleiomyomas presents a diagnostic challenge as its clinical features are nonspecific that mimics other exophytic lesions and is usually misdiagnosedHere we are reporting a case of angioleiomyoma in a 14 year old Kashmiri boy It is very rare case involving mandibular gingiva Clinically Lesion presented as reactive inflammatory hyperplasia and histopathologic examination revealed features of angioleiomyomaKeywords Angioleiomyoma ALs Benign tumor Pyogenic granuloma Histopathology HPE
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Prenika Sharma, Saima Tariq
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- DOI 10.18231/2395-6194.2018.0050
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