title: Conflation of gingival overgrowth and schwannoma.
abstract: The authors describe a seminal case report of a 10-year-old boy with enlarged gingivae in relation to his maxillary anterior teeth. The lesion, provisionally diagnosed as idiopathic gingival enlargement, was completely excised and divided into two sections. The histological and immunohistochemical findings in one of the sections showed it to be characteristic of schwannoma while the other section showed indications of idiopathic gingival enlargement. The patient has been followed up carefully and no recurrence has been noted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Parth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Purwar
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dixit
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Kishlay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhartiya
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sareen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005881:Gingiva / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019214:Gingival Overgrowth / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure