Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 2016
A Parulis-Like Soft Tissue Tumor in Relation With a Dental Implant: Case Report
A Parulis-Like Soft Tissue Tumor in Relation With a Dental Implant: Case Report
DDS,
DDS, MSc, PhD,
DDS, MD, PhD, and
DDS, MD, PhD
Page Range: 505 – 507

Figure 1. Clinical photograph showing a red-blue colored exophytic mass on the overlying mucosa of the right implant. Figure 2. Radiographic image, with no marginal bone loss, revealing the loosened cover screw. Figure 3. The surgical site during the removal of the lesion. Figure 4. (a) Inflamed vascular fibrous connective tissue with areas of neutrophil abscess formation. (b) Sinus tract opening on the covering acanthotic, parakeratinized stratified squamous epithelium. (c) Focal calcifications in the connective tissue. Figure 5. Normal soft tissues contour 2 weeks postoperatively.
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