title: Gingival plasma cell granuloma.
abstract: Plasma cell granuloma, also known as inflammatory pseudotumor is a tumor-like lesion that manifests primarily in the lungs. But it may occur in various other anatomic locations like orbit, head and neck, liver and rarely in the oral cavity. We here report an exceedingly rare case of gingival plasma cell granuloma in a 58 year old woman who presented with upper gingival polypoidal growth. The histopathological examination revealed a mass composed of proliferation of benign spindle mesenchymal cells in a loose myxoid and fibrocollagenous stroma along with dense infiltrate of chronic inflammatory cells predominantly containing plasma cells. Immunohistochemistry for kappa and lambda light chains showed a polyclonal staining pattern confirming a diagnosis of plasma cell granuloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Miraj, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Amitkumar B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Pandav
authors.forename: Alka V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Gosavi
authors.forename: Dhaneshwar N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Lanjewar
authors.forename: Rakhi V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Jagadale
keywords: Inflammatory pseudotumor; plasma cell granuloma; plasma cells; polyclonal plasma cells
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