Central giant cell granuloma in Maxilla -A rare case report

Central giant cell granuloma is an uncommon, benign and proliferative lesion whose etiology is not defined. Central giant cell granuloma (CGCG), formerly called giant cell reparative granuloma, is a non-neoplastic proliferative lesion of unknown etiology. It occurs most commonly in the mandible. The case reported here resembled a wide variety of conditions that led to a misdiagnosis both on clinical and radiographic examinations but was histopathologically diagnosed as CGCG. Presenting a case report of a male patient aged 9 years having chief complaint of swelling of gums in left upper back tooth region which the patient noticed 15–20 days back. Correlating all clinical features and all investigations, we finally diagnosed this case as central giant cell granuloma.