@Article{, title={A clinicopathological study of Pyogenic Granuloma}, author={Noor Natik Raheem م.م. نور ناطق رحيم}, journal={MUSTANSIRIA DENTAL JOURNAL مجلة المستنصرية لطب الاسنان}, volume={18}, number={1}, pages={10-20}, year={2022}, abstract={The aim of study: this study was done to assess the clinicopathological features including gender, age, and clinical variations of Twenty Two diagnosed oral pyogenic granuloma in Iraqi patients attended Al Hussein Teaching Medical Center, Karbala city Materials and Methods: A retrospective study for the twenty two cases (22) diagnosed as Pyogenic Granuloma was achieved, the submitted biopsies during a3 years period from January 2018 to March 2021 at Al Hussein Teaching Medical Center, Karbala Health Office, Iraqi Ministry of Health. Data for the following parameters were reported gender, age, site, and clinical presentation (size, base attachment, surface and color).Results: The results showed Pyogenic granuloma (PG) as a tumor like (non-neoplastic) soft tissue lesion had female predilection (with obvious differences found in the distribution among age groups as age group 20-29 in males showed (18.75%) and 40-49 age group in females with (17.9%) with tendency to highly expressed in the gingiva 77.3% and could affect extra oral sites like skin at lesser extent (4.55%). The maximum diameter of PG were ranged from 0.2-3 cm; The majority of cases presented as sessile lesion clinically (81.8%) and less cases recorded as pedunculated lesion (18.2%).Conclusion: Although this benign lesion is commonly encountered during dental treatment could appear with wide range of variations clinically, in our study PG showed female predilection and this well explained the nature of lesion which has hormonal relation

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