Gingival angioleiomyoma mimicking as pyogenic granuloma- A report of rare case

Angioleiomyoma of Gingiva Masquerading as Pyogenic Granuloma.

Leiomyomas are benign soft tissue neoplasms that arise from smooth muscles. Three distinctive patterns of leiomyoma have been described as piloleiomyomas, angioleiomyomas and genital leiomyomas. Here in, we report the case of 39-year male with chief complain of growth on his lower left front region of the jaw. On the basis of clinical examination, it was provisionally diagnosed as pyogenic gran...

Urinary bladder pyogenic granuloma: a case report

INTRODUCTION Although more than 100 cases of hemangioma of the urinary bladder have been reported, capillary-type hemangiomas of the bladder are rare. Pyogenic granulomas, which are common tumor-like vascular lesions of the skin and oral mucous membranes, reveal histopathological findings similar to capillary-type hemangiomas and are differentiated from ordinary hemangiomas by clinical features...

Extragingival pyogenic granuloma: a case report

The pyogenic granuloma is thought to represent an exuberant tissue response to local irritation or trauma.Clinically these lesions usually present as single nodule or sessile papule with smooth or lobulated surface. These may be seen in any size from a few millimeters to several centimeters. Pyogenic granuloma of the oral cavity is known to involve the gingiva commonly (75% of all cases). Rarel...

Pyogenic granuloma mimicking a colon cancer.

A 59-year-old man with a history of chronic myelogenous leukemia underwent colonoscopy because of altered bowel habit. Conventional colonoscopy showed a reddish, irregular shaped, semipedunculated polyp in the rectum, approximately 10mm in diameter (●" Fig.1). Magnifying endoscopy with indigo carmine revealed a smooth surface without mucosal pits (●" Fig.2). Magnifying endoscopy with narrow ban...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis mimicking a pyogenic granuloma.