A case of pyogenic granuloma with diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Pyogenic granuloma is a lesion with hyperplasia of granuloma tissue and commonly arises in the skin and the mucosa. In the oral region many causes were reported, but no definite opinion has been described.
We herein report a case of pyogenic granuloma which occurred on the dorsal surface of the tongue in a 65-year-old who has a poor controlled diabetes mellitus. The findings of the tumor was elevated, appeared to be elastic and soft, measuring 15×8×10mm in dimension, had a granular red surface and easily bled. It was excised under general anesthesia and the recurrence has not confirmed (observed/seen). It was suspected that the poor controlled diabetes mellitus had helped the growth of pyogenic granuloma.