39th CPC - Case #2
Provided By: Elizabeth Andrews D.D.S., M.S. - 2009-05-27
Clinical History
  • Healthy, 7 year old white male
  • CC: Red bump on gums. Present for about one week. Noted by parent on brushing of area.
  • Clinical exam 5 x 6 cm exophytic, red mass on gingiva of #14 with ulcerated surface
  • 15mm pockets on M & D

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Differential Diagnosis
  • Pyogenic granuloma (Clinicians Diff DX based on gingival presentation)
  • Central giant cell granuloma
  • Juvenile ossifying fibroma
  • Langerhans Cell Disease
  • Metastatic Tumor
  • Squamous Cell Ca
  • Osteosarcoma