LARGE GIANT CELL REPARATIVE GRANULOMA OF THE ALVEOLUS

B.Vijay Kumar; Anvita Panga; A.V.S.Hanumanth Rao; G.Madhusudhan Reddy; Suresh Metta

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2016

LARGE GIANT CELL REPARATIVE GRANULOMA OF THE ALVEOLUS

B. Vijay Kumar, Anvita Panga, A. V. S. Hanumanth Rao, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Suresh Metta

Abstract :

 Giant cell reparative granuloma is an infrequent exophytic lesion of the oral cavity, also known as giant cell epulis, peripheral giant cell granuloma, or giant-cell hyperplasia. Inflammation or trauma is underlying causative factor of reactive proliferation. Lesions vary in appearance from smooth, regularly outlined masses to irregularly shaped, multilobulated protuberances with surface indentations. Ulcerations of the margin is occasionally seen. The lesions are painless, vary in size, and may cover several teeth. Histopathologically it consists of multinucleated giant cells in the background of mononuclear stromal cells and extravasated red blood cells. This article reports a giant cell reparative granuloma arising in the alveolus on the right side in a 50 year old patient.