Pyogeniic granuloma: A case report

Purpose:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the treatment and pursuit process of the pyogenic granuloma which has seen on 13 years old girl patient. Case Presentation:Pyogenic granuloma is a lesion which classified in vascular tumors. They constitude 30-60% of all the reactive lesions of gingival tissue. Trauma, infections of capillary wall, hormonal factors, foreign materials, hypertansion and poor oral hygiene are accused for development of pyogenic granuloma. It may occur at all age groups and in both sexs. In the oral cavity, pyogenic granuloma lesions are most frequently encountered on the gingiva. Definitive diagnosis can only be made by histopathologic examination of biopsied tissue. The treatment of this lesion is surgical excision. If surgical excision removal is incomplete, the lesion has got the risk of the recurrence. A thirteen years old female child applied to our clinic with complaints like on left upper molar region gingival bleeding and swollen condition on the same region. As beginning treatment oral hygiene education was given to the patient and plaque and calculus were removed. Under local anesthesia the lesion was taken with excisional biopsy for doing distincive diagnosis from the other pathological lesions which can be seen in oral cavity and bleeding on region was controlled with Nd:YAG laser with 80 Hz and 40 mj. Conclusion: After taking of the excisional biopsy, the diagnoses was made shaping "The Pyogenic Granuloma" to the mass which was examined histopathologically under the ligth microscope. In the control inspection, there was not any recurrence clinically.