1Final Year Post-Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore
2Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore
3Second Year Post- Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore
4Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Mangalore
5Final Year Post-Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore
*Corresponding author: Maya S, Final Year Post-Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, India. E-mail: drmayas@gmail.com, Mobile Number: +918861137947
Online published on 10 February, 2015.
Pyogenic granuloma is a common inflammatory hyperplasia of the oral cavity, which is composed of granulation tissue and develops in response to local irritation or trauma. Females are more affected than men due to the hormonal effects on vasculature that occur during puberty, pregnancy and menopause. We report a case of large pyogenic granuloma in an adult male patient extending from maxillary anteriors upto the 2nd molar.
Pyogenic granuloma, inflammatory hyperplasia, Maxilla
