ORAL PYOGENIC GRANULOMA. REVIEW OF 10 CASES

Pyogenic granuloma is a commonly occurring inflammatory hyperplasia of the skin and oral mucosa. It is not associated with pus as its name suggests and histologically it resembles an angiomatous lesion rather than a granulomatous lesion. The present study reports 10 cases on patients that visited Dicle University, Dentistry Faculty, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. We report the location, size, course and treatment of each lesion, comparing the results obtained to those reported in the literat ure. We discuss differential diagnosis with respect to other entities, peripheral ossifying fibroma, peripheral giant cell granuloma, hemangioma and fibroma, all of which show very similar histological appearance to pyogenic granuloma