title: Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of gingiva mimicking pyogenic granuloma.
abstract: We report a case of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of gingiva mimicking pyogenic granuloma. To our knowledge, no such reports have been published in the literature of dermatology. Gingival metastatic lesions are of interest both because they are easily mistaken for several benign lesions and because they may be the first sign of an undiscovered malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Seoul City Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rim
authors.forename: Sang Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Mee Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jeong Aee
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis