Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child
The giant cell fibroma is a benign nonneoplastic fibrous tumor of the oral mucosa. It occurs in the first three decades of life in the mandibular gingiva, predominantly, showing predilection for females. This article reports a case of giant cell fibroma in a 2-year-old girl, which is an uncommon age...
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| author | Anna Carolina Volpi Mello-Moura Ana Maria Antunes Santos Gabriela Azevedo Vasconcelos Cunha Bonini Cristina Giovannetti Del Conte Zardetto Cacio Moura-Netto Marcia Turolla Wanderley |
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| description | The giant cell fibroma is a benign nonneoplastic fibrous tumor of the oral mucosa. It occurs in the first three decades of life in the mandibular gingiva, predominantly, showing predilection for females. This article reports a case of giant cell fibroma in a 2-year-old girl, which is an uncommon age for this lesion. The patient was brought for treatment at the Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, where practice for the Discipline of Pediatric Dentistry (Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil) takes place. During clinical examination, a tissue growth was detected on the lingual gingival mucosa of the lower right primary incisors teeth. The lesion was excised under local anesthesia and submitted to histological examination at the Oral Pathology Department of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, which confirmed the diagnosis of giant cell fibroma. There was no recurrence after 20 months of monitoring. This instance reinforces the importance of oral care from the very first months of life in order to enable doctors to make precocious diagnosis and offer more appropriate treatments for oral diseases, as well as to promote more efficient oral health in the community. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f9f508f0c0446e0b34ff1b051de88b62025-02-03T01:28:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552016-01-01201610.1155/2016/70583567058356Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old ChildAnna Carolina Volpi Mello-Moura0Ana Maria Antunes Santos1Gabriela Azevedo Vasconcelos Cunha Bonini2Cristina Giovannetti Del Conte Zardetto3Cacio Moura-Netto4Marcia Turolla Wanderley5Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, BrazilSanta Cecília University (UNISANTA), Santos, SP, BrazilResearch and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, BrazilDepartment of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, BrazilGraduate Program in Dentistry, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, SP, BrazilResearch and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo-FOUSP, São Paulo, SP, BrazilThe giant cell fibroma is a benign nonneoplastic fibrous tumor of the oral mucosa. It occurs in the first three decades of life in the mandibular gingiva, predominantly, showing predilection for females. This article reports a case of giant cell fibroma in a 2-year-old girl, which is an uncommon age for this lesion. The patient was brought for treatment at the Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, where practice for the Discipline of Pediatric Dentistry (Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil) takes place. During clinical examination, a tissue growth was detected on the lingual gingival mucosa of the lower right primary incisors teeth. The lesion was excised under local anesthesia and submitted to histological examination at the Oral Pathology Department of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, which confirmed the diagnosis of giant cell fibroma. There was no recurrence after 20 months of monitoring. This instance reinforces the importance of oral care from the very first months of life in order to enable doctors to make precocious diagnosis and offer more appropriate treatments for oral diseases, as well as to promote more efficient oral health in the community.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7058356 |
| spellingShingle | Anna Carolina Volpi Mello-Moura Ana Maria Antunes Santos Gabriela Azevedo Vasconcelos Cunha Bonini Cristina Giovannetti Del Conte Zardetto Cacio Moura-Netto Marcia Turolla Wanderley Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child Case Reports in Dentistry |
| title | Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child |
| title_full | Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child |
| title_fullStr | Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child |
| title_short | Giant Cell Fibroma in a Two-Year-Old Child |
| title_sort | giant cell fibroma in a two year old child |
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