RESUMEN
Pregnancy brings about a complex series of physiological changes for women. A tumor-like gingival enlargement can occur during pregnancy. The size of the tumor generally increases gradually over a few months as the pregnancy progresses, then shrinks spontaneously after delivery. This case report describes a case of gingival swelling in a 26-year-old woman at five months of gestation. The lesion was not painful and grew very rapidly over a three-week period. The histopathological examination revealed granulation tissue with non-neoplastic proliferation of endothelial cells, suggestive of pregnancy tumor.
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Enfermedades de las Encías/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Gingivales/diagnóstico , Granuloma Piogénico/diagnóstico , Complicaciones Neoplásicas del Embarazo/diagnóstico , Complicaciones del Embarazo/diagnóstico , Adulto , Colágeno , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Células Endoteliales/patología , Endotelio Vascular/patología , Epitelio/patología , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Enfermedades de las Encías/patología , Tejido de Granulación/patología , Granuloma Piogénico/patología , Humanos , Embarazo , Complicaciones del Embarazo/patologíaRESUMEN
In order to ascertain possible correlation between alterations in trace elemental profile and the progression or regression of two most common potentially malignant disorders affecting oral cavity, namely oral submucous fibrosis and leukoplakia, blood from 60 patients from each group of patients as well from 30 healthy individuals was analyzed for elemental profiling employing EDXRF technique. Out of the 16 detected elements (K, Si, Ca, V, Cr, Ni, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Co, and Pb), Mn, Fe, Zn, Br, and Co showed remarkable alteration in their profile in both leukoplakia and oral submucous fibrosis patients with respect to the normal healthy individuals. While Zn, Br, and Fe reflected similar changes--showing gross depletion in both the diseased groups, Mn and Co depicted inverse pattern of alterations in their concentrations in the two types of precancerous disorders when compared to the control subjects.