title: Localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement posing a diagnostic dilemma: a case report.
abstract: This is a case report of localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement. There was difficulty both clinically and histologically in deciding whether the gingival enlargement was a pyogenic granuloma or a Kaposi sarcoma. The diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma was eventually ruled out by the failure of immunohistopathological examination to demonstrate the presence of HHV-8 DNA markers, and by the clinical response of the lesions to antimicrobial agents. Once a definitive diagnosis was made, the patient was treated conventionally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine. School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jadwat
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anagnostopoulos
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lemmer
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Meyerov
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis