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RFP Journal of ENT and Allied Sciences

Volume  2, Issue 2, Jul-Dec 2017, Pages 51-54
 

Case Report

Pyogenic Granuloma - Presenting as Midline Swelling of Tongue

Ruta Shanmugam1, V.U. Shanmugam2, Prasanna Kumar T.3, Prem Nivas4, P. Viswanathan5, Vidyachal Ravindra6

1Professor and Head 2Professor 3Final Year Post Graduate 4Lecturer, 6Post Graduate, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 5Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram 608002, Tamilnadu, India.

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Abstract

Pyogenic granuloma is an inflammation induced hyperplastic lesion involving oral cavity in response to various stimuli such as low grade local irritation, traumatic injury or hormonal factors. We report a case of 8 years old female patient with a midline lesion on the dorsum of tongue which was successfully excised under local anaesthesia andthe histopathological study revealed it as pyogenic granuloma.

 

Keywords: Pyogenic Granuloma; Tongue; Midline. 


Corresponding Author : Prasanna Kumar T., Post Graduate, Dept. of ENT, Rajah Muthiah Medical College & Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram 608002, Tamilnadu, India.