Pyogenic granuloma of the oral cavity: Comparative study of its clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 391-397

  Epivatianos, Apostolos ^a   Antoniades, Demetrios ^a   Zaraboukas, Thomas ^b   Zairi, Eleni ^c   Poulopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Kiziridou, Athina ^c   Iordanidis, Savas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

smooth muscle actin; CD34; Lobular capillary hemangioma; Muscle specific actin; Pyogenic granuloma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MESENCHYME; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; BLOOD VESSELS; CHILD; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUSCLES; TONGUE;

EID: 23244437931     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01843.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Neville BW, Damm DD, Allen CM, Bouquot JE. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 2nd edn. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2002; 447-9.
2. Hartzell MB. Granuloma pyogenicum. J Cutan Dis Syph 1904; 22: 520-25.
3. Bouquot JE, Nikai H. Lesions of the oral cavity. In: Gnepp DR, ed. Diagnostic Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2001; 141-233.
4. Mills SE, Cooper PH, Rechner RE. Lobular capillary hemangioma: The underlying lesion of pyogenic granuloma. A study of 73 cases from the oral and nasal mucous membranes. Am J Surg Pathol 1980; 4: 471-9.
5. Fechner RE, Cooper PH, Mills SE. Pyogenic granuloma of the larynx and trachea. An etiological and pathologic misnomer for granulation tissue. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1981; 107: 30-2.
6. Nichols GE, Gaffey MJ, Mills SE, Weiss LW. Lobular capillary hemangioma. An immunohistochemical study including steroid hormone receptor status. Am J Clin Pathol 1992; 97: 770-5.
7. Kerr DA. Granuloma pyogenicum. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1951; 4: 158-76.
8. Bhaskar SN, Jacoway JR. Pyogenic granuloma. Clinical features, incidence, histology, and results of treatment. Report of 242 cases. J Oral Surg 1966; 24: 391-8.
9. Angelopoulos AP. Pyogenic granuloma of the oral cavity: Statistical analysis of its clinical features. J Oral Surg 1971; 29: 840-47.
10. Buchner A, Calderon S, Ramon Y. Localized hyperplastic lesions of the gingiva: A clinicopathological study of 302 lesions. J Periodontol 1977; 48: 101-4.
11. Vilmann A, Vilmann P, Vilmann H. Pyogenic granuloma: Evaluation of oral conditions. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1986; 24: 376-82.
12. Lawoyin JO, Arotiba JT, Dosumu OO. Oral pyogenic granuloma. A review of 38 cases from Ibadan, Nigeria. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1977; 35: 185-9.
13. Harris MN, Desai R, Chuang TY, Hood AF, Mirowski GW. Lobular capillary hemangiomas: An epidemiologic report, with emphasis on cutaneous lesions. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000; 42: 1012-16.
14. Toida M, Hasegawa T, Watanabe F et al. Lobular capillary hemangioma of the oral mucosa: Clinicopathological study of 43 cases with a special reference to immunohistochemical characterization of the vascular elements. Pathol Int 2003; 53: 1-6.
15. Al-Khateeb T, Ababneh K. Oral pyogenic granuloma in Jordanians: A retrospective analysis of 108 cases. J Oral Maxillofa Surg 2003; 61: 1285-8.
16. Van K, Jin YT, Lin MT. The detection and comparison of angiogenesis-associated factors in pyogenic granuloma by immunohistochemistry. J Periodontol 2000; 71: 701-9.
17. Yan K, Jin YT, Lin MT. Expression of Tie-2 angiopoietin-1, angiopoietin-2, ephrinB2 and ephB4 in pyogenic granuloma of human gingiva implicates their roles in inflammatory angiogenesis. J Periodontol 2000; 35: 165-71.
18. Zain RB, Fei YJ. Fibrous lesions of the gingiva: A clinicopathologic analysis of 204 cases. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1990; 70: 466-70.
19. Regezi JA, Sciubba JJ. Oral Pathology. Clinical Pathologic Correlations, 3rd edn. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1999; 128-30.
20. Nehls V, Dreckhahn D. Heterogeneity of microvascular pericytes for smooth muscle type alpha-actin. J Cell Biol 1991; 113: 147-54.
21. Berse B, Brown LF, van der Water L, Dvorak HF, Senger DR. Vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) gene is expressed in normal tissue, macrophages, and tumors. Mol Biol Cell 1998; 94: 715-25.
22. Witmer AN, van der Blijswijk BC, van Noorden CJF. In vivo angiogenic phenotype of endothelial cells and pericytes induced by vascular endothelial growth factor-A. Histochem Cytochem 2004; 52: 39-52.
23. Patrice SJ, Wiss K, Mulliken JB. Pyogenic granuloma (lobular capillary hemangioma): A Clinicopathological study of 178 cases. Pediatr Dermatol 1991; 8: 267-76.