title: [Epulides: the histopathological and epidemiological aspects].
abstract: The authors examined 195 epulides in order to point out distribution of this pathology in relation to some clinical, epidemiological and histopathological parameters. The Authors have found that the epulis is more prevalent in the female sex and in the anterior sextants. The epulides were subdivided on the basis of histopathological findings into: pyogenic granuloma (GP), giant cell granuloma (GGC), fibrous hyperplasia (IF), peripheral fibroma with calcification (FPC) and variety lympho-plasma-cellular (LP). Furthermore investigating the correlation between sex and histopathological variety it was found a significant prevalence of the GGC in the male sex, whereas the correlations within the age's sets are the followings: the LP is more prevalent in the IV age set (46-60 years), whereas the GP is more prevalent in the III age set (31-45 years) and in the V age set (greater than 60 years). This finding revaluates the hormone's influence in the vascular proliferation of the GP. IF and FPC are, in percentage, less frequent than others histopathological variety regarding to the size, it was found that GGC is the bigger than the other types, whereas IF is the smaller.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Odontostomatologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Margiotta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giuliana
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Epulide: aspetti istopatologici ed epidemiologici.