ArticleCureus2024
Successful Management of an Emerging Distinct Gingival Lesion With a New Histopathological Identity.
Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Gingival fibroma is a pathological condition that can manifest in pediatric and adult patients, often presenting diagnostic challenges due to shared histopathological characteristics among various lesions. It has been reported as a novel category with distinct histopathological features with new diagnostic criteria. A 40-year-old Saudi female patient with no significant medical history reported a 4×3 cm pedunculated, non-tender, firm, red gingival growth adjacent to the remaining root of tooth number 27 in the maxillary left side. Radiographic assessment yielded remarkable findings. An excisional biopsy was performed, and histopathology analysis confirmed the lesion to be a gingival fibroma. This case marks the first reported instance of gingival fibroma in Saudi Arabia. The recognition of such distinctive histopathological features contributes to improved diagnostic accuracy and highlights the need for vigilance in identifying emerging pathological entities within the gingival overgrowths. The recognition of gingival fibroma as a unique pathological entity is clinically significant, resolving diagnostic challenges in gingival growth cases. Specific diagnostic criteria enable accurate differentiation from similar lesions. The advancement improves patient care and refines the understanding of gingival overgrowth pathogenesis.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.