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<Articles JournalTitle="Frontiers in Dentistry">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Dentistry</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2676-296X</Issn>
      <Volume>16</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">A Case Report of a Gingival Plasma Cell Granuloma in a Patient on Antihypertensive Therapy: Diagnostic Enigma</title>
    <FirstPage>144</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>148</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ruchi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Gulati</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Periodontology, Government College of Dentistry, Madhya Pradesh, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Madhu</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ratre</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Periodontology, Government College of Dentistry, Madhya Pradesh, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shaleen</FirstName>
        <LastName>Khetarpal</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Periodontology, Government College of Dentistry, Madhya Pradesh, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Manish</FirstName>
        <LastName>Varma</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Periodontology, Government College of Dentistry, Madhya Pradesh, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>08</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>25</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">The aim of the present report was to discuss a unique case of gingival plasma cell granuloma (PCG) in a hypertensive patient on Amlodipine therapy. Also, we attempt to emphasize the importance of considering primary and advance investigations before making a definite diagnosis. PCG is an extremely rare, reactive, non-neoplastic lesion characterized by the predominance of polyclonal plasma cells. Drug-induced gingival overgrowth is a known side effect of Amlodipine. A hypertensive 60-year-old female patient reported with a chief complaint of swollen gums and discomfort in the upper front teeth region. A provisional diagnosis of Amlodipine-induced gingival overgrowth, combined gingival overgrowth, and fibroma was suggested. Surprisingly, histopathology revealed it to be a plasma cell lesion which was confirmed by advanced investigations, thereby establishing a confirmatory diagnosis of PCG.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://fid.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fid/article/view/2440</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://fid.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fid/article/download/2440/1750</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
