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After restoration of maxllary incisors with artificial crowns a 44-year-old female was found to have a brownish overgrowth in form of a node of 15 mm in diameter. Histological study revealed that under the stratified squamous epithelium of gingiva there was a connective tissue mass with numerous sinusoidal vessels, oval-shaped mononuclear cells forming osteoid substance, and polynuclear giant cells that destroyed the alveolar ridge of the upper jaw. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Fibromatous epulis
  2. Angiomatous epulis
  3. Eosinophilic granuloma
  4. Giant cell epulis
  5. Gingival fibromatosis
Correct answer

Giant cell epulis

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