title: Palatal pyogenic granulomaa.
abstract: Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is a kind of inflammatory hyperplasia seen in the oral cavity. This term is a misnomer because the lesion is unrelated to infection. In reality it arises in response to various stimuli such as low-grade local irritation, traumatic injury or hormonal factors. It predominantly occurs in the second decade of life in young females possibly because of the vascular effects of female hormones. It is also called as pregnancy tumor because of its high frequency of occurrence during the early part of pregnancy. Even though, this lesion is non-neoplastic and treatment procedure is simple, it should be diagnosed correctly before proceeding with the treatment. The most common site for PGs is gingiva (75%) and rarely in the palate. In this case report, we are going to present very rare occurrence of pregnancy tumor in the hard palate.
authors: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, K.S.R. Institute of Dental Science and Research, Thokkavadi, Thiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: Nazargi
authors: N
authors: Mahabob
authors: Senthil
authors: S
authors: Kumar
authors: Subramani
authors: S
authors: Raja
keywords: Inflammatory hyperplasia; oral cavity; pregnancy tumor; pyogenic granuloma
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