Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child.
The giant cell fibroma is a benign nonneoplastic fibrous tumor of the oral mucosa. It occurs in the first three decades of life in the mandibular gingiva, predominantly, showing predilection for females. This article reports a case of giant cell fibroma in a 2-year-old girl, which is an uncommon age for this lesion. The patient was brought for treatment at the Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, where practice for the Discipline of Pediatric Dentistry (Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil) takes place. During clinical examination, a tissue growth was detected on the lingual gingival mucosa of the lower right primary incisors teeth. The lesion was excised under local anesthesia and submitted to histological examination at the Oral Pathology Department of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, which confirmed the diagnosis of giant cell fibroma. There was no recurrence after 20 months of monitoring. This instance reinforces the importance of oral care from the very first months of life in order to enable doctors to make precocious diagnosis and offer more appropriate treatments for oral diseases, as well as to promote more efficient oral health in the community.
Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Ibirapuera University (UNIB) Master Program, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Anna Carolina Volpi
AC
Mello-Moura
Santa Cecília University (UNISANTA), Santos, SP, Brazil.
Ana Maria Antunes
0000-0003-2280-001X
AM
Santos
Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Graduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Gabriela Azevedo Vasconcelos Cunha
GA
Bonini
Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Clinical Oncology Service, Hospital Santa Catarina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Cristina Giovannetti
CG
Del Conte Zardetto
Graduate Program in Dentistry, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Cacio
0000-0003-4495-1126
C
Moura-Netto
Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Marcia Turolla
MT
Wanderley