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February 2008: exophytic red palatal gingival swelling tooth # 8
Dolphine Oda, BDS, MSc
doda@u.washington.edu
Contributed by
Drs. Erich Naumann and Mark Egbert
Seattle Children Hospital & Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington
Case Summary and Diagnostic Information
This is an otherwise healthy 8 year-old-boy who underwent a punch biopsy for a small gingival swelling which was removed in March 2007. The lesion recurred in September 2007 in a much larger and more rapidly growing form (Figure 1). This lesion measured 1 X 1.5 cm in size and was red and vascular in color compared to the previously excised lesion, which was 8 X 4 mm in size and pink in color. The current lesion originated between teeth #s 8 & 9. Both lesions were not painful but the recurrent lesion was large enough to interfere with speech and eating. Occlusal radiograph of the first lesion was negative for any bony involvement.
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