Pediatric oral pulse granuloma: A rare entity

• Main Authors: Saraswathi Vishnu Naik, Syed Ghousia, Kamalaksharappa Shashibhushan, Deepa Benni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
• Series: Dental Research Journal
• Subjects: Giant cell angiopathy; hyaline rings; multinuclear giant cells; oral pulse granuloma
• Online Access: http://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2012;volume=9;issue=6;spage=812;epage=815;aulast=Naik

A pulse granuloma is nothing but a reaction of the foreign body to any vegetable which is characterized by a collection of the hyaline; a hyaline is a transparent substance that is formed from the pathological degeneration of the tissue. These granulomatous rings may be oral or extra-oral. It is important to recognize such a type of granuloma because it may resemble serious pathological processes or may clinically stimulate neoplasia. It might also be confused morphologically with hyaline vasculopathy. The following manuscript presents a rare case of oral pulse granuloma. As going by the literature-search, the following being the only case to have been occurred in a pediatric patient. The authors therefore aim to bring awareness amongst the pediatric dentists about its etiology, occurrence, clinical features and thereby management of the same.