Open AccessChondroid Metaplasia in a Fibroepithelial Polyp of Gingiva
Author(s) -
Fernando Guilherme Tenório,
P C Campos,
Juan Ignacio Paramo,
Javier de la Fuente,
Nancy E. Ruíz Pérez
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20007.8481
Subject(s) - metaplasia , medicine , nodule (geology) , pathology , histopathological examination , squamous metaplasia , epithelium , biology , paleontology
Gingival masses are commonly encountered in clinical practice and can be a result of many conditions one of them could be metaplasia. Metaplasia is defined as the replacement of the lining of an organ with the type of lining normally found at another site. We are reporting a case of a 17-year-old Mexican male who presented with a pedunculated nodule associated to maxillary anterior gingiva. The histopatological examination revealed a chondroid material covered by stratified squamous epithelium and was diagnosed as chondroid metaplasia.