The AAMOP case challenge: a rapidly enlarging pigmented lesion of the buccal mucosa.
A slowly growing gingival enlargement of the right anterior maxilla was observed in a 56 year-old woman. The clinical features, differential diagnosis and novel management approach are discussed. See if you can make the diagnosis.
Flaitz
Catherine M
CM
Moretti
Antonio J
AJ
Bonaventura
Gina T
GT
D003481:Cuspid; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008437:Maxilla; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D014086:Tooth Mobility / Q000175:diagnosis