Clinical diagnosis and management of hormonally responsive oral pregnancy tumor (pyogenic granuloma).
OBJECTIVE
To present a review of our experience and that of the medical literature in the diagnosis and management of oral pregnancy tumor (pyogenic granuloma), the natural History of the disease, its hormonal etiology, histopathologic features and management strategies.


METHODS
Medical literature review.


RESULTS
This common, benign, hyperplastic oral mucosal lesion is much less familiar to gynecologists and obstetricians than to dentists.


CONCLUSIONS
For practitioners engaged in primary care obstetrics and gynecology, routine oral examination and proper identification of pyogenic granuloma are important to avoid misdiagnosis and overtreatment.
Sills
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Downtown Hospital NY 10038-2649, USA.
Zegarelli
D J
DJ
Hoschander
M M
MM
Strider
W E
WE
D005260:Female; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*