title: Pregnancy tumor mimicking a neoplasm--A case report.
abstract: Pregnancy brings about a complex series of physiological changes for women. A tumor-like gingival enlargement can occur during pregnancy. The size of the tumor generally increases gradually over a few months as the pregnancy progresses, then shrinks spontaneously after delivery. This case report describes a case of gingival swelling in a 26-year-old woman at five months of gestation. The lesion was not painful and grew very rapidly over a three-week period. The histopathological examination revealed granulation tissue with non-neoplastic proliferation of endothelial cells, suggestive of pregnancy tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Utter Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Deepak Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: Premdeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kochar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003094:Collagen; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen