1Department of Prosthodontics & Implantology, I.T.S. Center for Dental Studies & Research, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, U.P, India
2Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology & Microbiology, Bhojia Dental College Baddi, Solan, H.P, India
3Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Govt. Dental College, Banglore, India
Online published on 22 January, 2013.
Pyogenic granuloma (lobular capillary hemangioma) is a common acquired vascular lesion of the skin and mucous membranes in the pediatric age group. Pyogenic granuloma and hemangioma of oral cavity are well- known benign lesions. The clinical diagnosis and differentiation of these lesions is at times difficult. The purpose of this article is to report an unusual case of benign tumor occuring on hard palate which was clinically diagnosed as pyogenic granuloma and hiatopathologically as capillary hemangioma.
Pyogenic granuloma, capillary hemangioma
