Gingival growths are one of the most frequently encountered lesions in the oral cavity. A plethora of lesions can be seen having similar clinical presentation, making diagnosis a dilemma. Peripheral odontogenic tumors are rare neoplasms to occur on gingiva, the most common among them being the peripheral odontogenic fibroma (POdF). The POdF is a benign, slow-growing, exophytic lesion. Although ...

background and aims. histpathologic diagnosis of exophytic lesions is occasionally influenced by clinical and radiographic diagnosis and even the surgeon’s observation during biopsy. the aim of this study was to evaluate the cases with failure in clinical diagnosis. materials and methods. a total of 73 patients with peripheral exophytic lesions were evaluated in zahedan faculty of dentistry in ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to identify the reasons for failure in clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic diagnoses as well as their interactions with each other. methods: personal information and lesion characteristics of 51 patients with central or peripheral exophytic lesions were collected in mashhad dental school. specialists determined clinical and radiographic diagnoses ...

a variety of verrucous and papillary lesions affect the oral mucosa. Those which are benign and reactive, for example squamous papilloma or verruciform xanthoma, usually present little diagnostic difficulty. However, dysplastic and malignant verrucous and papillary lesions are a much greater diagnostic challenge, not helped by confusing terminology. papillary hyperplasia is a reactive inflammat...

The condyloma acuminatum (venereal wart) is a benign epithelial proliferation that occurs most frequently on the mucous membranes of the perianal and genital areas of men and women. The transmissible etiological agents of this lesion are papillomaviruses. In some rare instances these lesion can also be found in the oral cavity. In this 50-year-old woman; a wide rugose, cauliflower-like, exophyt...

Traumatic or irritational fibroma is a general benign exophytic tumor or neoplasm of fibrous connective tissue origin that can be considered a reactionary connective tissue hyperplasia in response to trauma and irritation. They are clinically marked by solid well-demarcated rounded, sessile, or pedunculated growths covered by normal mucosa and are a relatively uncommon lesion. Local trauma can ...

Esophageal papillomas are rare benign epithelial lesions, occurring in 0.01 % to 0.45 % of people undergoing endoscopy [1]. These are more common in middle-aged men. Proposed possible etiologies are chronicmucosal irritation (due to gastroesophageal reflux, smoking, alcohol, chronic food impaction, caustic injury, and mechanical irritants like nasogastric tubes or post bougie assisted esophagea...

The purpose of this article is to review soft tissue and bony enlargements that typically occur in the oral and perioral region of children. In order to organize these lesions into a thorough but comprehensible format, the principles of differential diagnosis must be used. All oral enlargements are broadly classified as soft tissue or bony abnormalities. Determination of the specific lesion cat...