硬口蓋の化膿性肉芽腫

Pyogenic Granuloma of the Hard Palate.

• Hyun Jin Min
• Kyung Soo Kim

抄録

筆者らは最近、硬口蓋から発生した化膿性肉芽腫の患者を経験したので、この異常な病変の正確な診断に役立つ臨床的特徴を重視して、これまでに報告されたすべての文献をレビューした。これまでの経験と文献のレビューから、臨床家は、硬口蓋腫瘤の鑑別診断において、その希少性にもかかわらず、化膿性肉芽腫を考慮すべきであることを心に留めておくべきであろう。確定診断を下すには病理組織学的検査が唯一の方法であるが、臨床的特徴を伴う化膿性肉芽腫の肉芽腫の総体的外観を知ることは、鑑別診断に役立つであろう。

As the authors recently experienced a patient with pyogenic granuloma arising from the hard palate, they tried to review all the previously reported literatures with the emphasis on its clinical characteristics that can help the accurate diagnosis of this unusual lesion. Based on our experience and literatures review, clinicians should keep in mind that pyogenic granuloma should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of the hard palatal mass despite its rarity. Although histopathological examination of the mass is the only way to arrive at a definitive diagnosis, the knowledge of the gross appearances of pyogenic granuloma with clinical features may be helpful for differential diagnosis.