Abstract
A case is reported of epulis on the papillary gingiva between the maxillary left lateral incisor and the canine in an 11-year-old female. The patient had a trauma on the left maxillary anterior region at the age of nine. The lesion initially showed a red swelling of the papillary gingiva and then the lesion extended and proliferated. Histopathological examination showed connective tissue infiltrated by chronic inflammatory cells and covered by papillary hyperplasia with ulcer formation at the epithelial surface. Extended capillaries with papillary endothelial projections adjacent to basal cell layer were seen. It was considered that the epulis was presumably initiated by the trauma, and consequently proliferated by chronic stimulation and inflammation. Six months after surginal exicision a normal gingiva has been well-stablished and there has not been any sign of recurrence.
