Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Fibro-epithelial Hyperplasia Mimicking Oral Squamous Papilloma in an 8-year-old child - A Rare Case Report

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Dr Ellana Jermiah Joseph, BDS, Dr Razia Haidrus, BDS, Dr Anupama Nayak P, MDS, Dr. Sangeeta U Nayak, MDS, Dr. Srikant Natarajan, MDS, Dr. Arathi Rao,MDS, Dr. Deepa G Kamath, MDS

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Oral mucosa is affected by various papillary lesions. Any oral lesion raises concern because of its clinical appearance. This case report describes the management of an 8-year-old girl with an exophytic papillary growth on the palatal aspect of 64. The lesion clinically resembled an oral squamous papilloma but did not show any signs of a virally infected lesion histopathologic ally or on immunohistochemistry analysis which was unique with this case. Clinical Relevance: The lesion clinically resembled an oral squamous papilloma but ON further investigation a final diagnosis of fibro epithelial hyperplasia was made. Hence to come to a definitive diagnosis we cannot rely only on the clinical manifestation of the lesion and further investigations are very important

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