CASE REPORT
Recurrent Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma: A Case Report
Catarina Ribeiro Barros de Alencar1, Damião Edgleys Porto2, Alidianne Fábia Cabral Cavalcanti1, Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 12
First Page: 1043
Last Page: 1049
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-12-1043
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601812011043
Article History:
Received Date: 25/9/2018Revision Received Date: 31/10/2018
Acceptance Date: 18/11/2018
Electronic publication date: 30/11/2018
Collection year: 2018
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective:
This article describes a case of a Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma (PGCG) in a girl.
Introduction:
PGCG is a relatively infrequent benign reactive lesion of the gingiva or alveolar ridge that develops in response to local irritation. Clinical appearance consists of a firm or soft smooth surface nodule in dissimilar colors of varying size with sessile or pedunculated implantation base. Radiographic features are generally nonspecific, thereby definitive diagnosis depends on microscopic examination to confirm the entity of PGCG.
Case Report:
A 6-year-old female patient was referred to the outpatient clinic of an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department with the chief complaint of an intraoral swelling. The intraoral examination showed a painless sessile mass with exophytic growth similar to a tumorous lesion located on the mandibular alveolar ridge extending from distal aspect of right mandibular primary canine to mesial aspect of first permanent molar of the same side.
Conclusion:
Peripheral giant cell granuloma is a relatively uncommon lesion in children and potential for collaboration with the treatment in young patients should be considered for a successful therapeutic approach.
