title: Epulis: a clinicopathological study of 120 patients with emphasis on recurrent lesions.
abstract: A total of 138 surgical excision specimens from 120 patients presenting clinically with epulis was classified by histopathological criteria into giant cell-, granulomatous- and fibromatous-type lesions. Clinical data suggest that local irritants are an important pathogenetic factor. Histopathological analysis revealed that epulides represented self-limiting, reactive gingival overgrowths of granulation tissue displaying common morphologic features in all three histologic types. The transition of a given histologic type of epulis into another, as observed in recurrent lesions, is consistent with the concept of a common histogenetic entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berthold
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Laeng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence