Unusual Presentation Of Pyogenic Granuloma On The Buccal Mucosa In A 9-Year-Old Girl – A Case Report.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pyogenic granuloma is a benign tumour-like lesion that affects the skin and the oral mucosa, that occurs as a local tissue response to irritation or trauma with highest rate of occurrence in the gingiva. The aim of the present case report is to document the unusual occurrence of pyogenic granuloma on the buccal mucosa

CASE DESCRIPTION: A rare case of pyogenic granuloma of buccal mucosa, an extra- gingival site, in a 9-year-old female child following extraction of grossly decayed 64 under local anaesthesia. The soft tissue growth increased over a period of 10 days associated with mild bleeding from the same region. The diagnosis was made after meticulous clinical observation and histopathological investigation.

CONCLUSION: Surgical excision was planned towards treating the lesion with a primary objective of preventing its recurrence in the future.

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This case report reached the pinnacle to be a rare type of pyogenic granuloma of buccal mucosa that was ascertained clinically and histologically. This paper intends the clinicians to be acquainted with the rare phenomena of the lesion and to construct a treatment plan pertinent to the condition.