جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "pyogenic" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Context:

 Epulis gravidarum in pregnancy is a condition usually affecting pregnant women between the 3rd and 9th months of pregnancy.

 Considering the lack of precise statistics about the prevalence of this condition in the Mazandaran province, we set out to conduct a study for examining the frequency of epulis gravidarum among pregnant women in Sari and Ghaemshahr cities in 2020.

Setting and Design: 

In this cross‑sectional investigation, 1800 pregnant women were studied by stratified random sampling method in healthcare centers in Sari and Ghaemshahr in 2020.

 In total, 30 centers were monitored during 2 working months and from each center, about 60 pregnant women were selected. A checklist was designed to record the data, including demographic characteristics as well as the oral health status of the participants. Then, intraoral examination was performed to detect the epulis gravidarum.

Statistical Analysis Used:

 Data were analyzed through descriptive (mean, standard deviation, and frequency) Chi‑square, and Cramer’s V correlation coefficient.

 The prevalence of epulis gravidarum was 4.38% (79 pregnant women). Furthermore, 11.27% of the total participants in the study were women in their 1st to 3rd months of pregnancy; 47.55% in 4th to 6th months, and 41.18% in 7th to 9th months of pregnancy. Based on multivariate logistics analysis, a significant relationship was observed between the use of cigarette smoking (P < 0.001), low age (P = 0.002), and don’t use of floss (P < 0.001) and presence of epulis gravidarum.

 The results indicated that oral and dental health care is very important during pregnancy, and if women observed any atypical lesions during pregnancy in their mouth, they should consult a dentist.

Assessing the common oral lesions and their prevalence is important in different populations. This study assessed the prevalence of oral vascular lesions in patients referred to the Oral Medicine Department of Shiraz Dental School.  

In this cross-sectional study which was conducted in Shiraz Dental School, records of patients admitted from 2001 to 2017 were reviewed. A total of 176 patients had been diagnosed with oral vascular lesions. The mean age and gender of patients and the prevalence of vascular lesions were recorded and analyzed. Associations between the variables were explored using the Chi-square test and Kruskal-Wallis test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

  A total of 176 patients had oral vascular lesions among 3,896 clinical patient records during the 16-year period (2001-2017). Of the 176 patients, 108 (61.4%) were females and 68 (38.6%) were males. The mean age at presentation was 36 ±4.5 years with an overall age range of 4-88 years. Amongst all the evaluated oral lesions, the most prevalent vascular lesion was pyogenic granuloma with 124 (3.18%) patients. Other vascular lesions were vascular malformations (n=27, 0.7%), hemangioma (n=19, 0.49%), and lymphangioma (n=6, 0.15%). There was no significant correlation between gender with vascular lesions (P=0.078) or location of lesions (P=0.143). No significant correlation was found between age with type of vascular lesion (P=0.174) or site of involvement (P=0.281).

  Among oral vascular lesions, pyogenic granuloma was found to be the most prevalent lesion in the oral cavity.

Hemangiomas are benign tumors that are very common in the head and neck region. However, intravascular hemangiomas are very rare. Hemangiomas are classified as capillary, cavernous or mixed tumors according to the proliferating cells. Ultrasound, computed tomography, MR imaging and angiography are useful diagnostic tools and are generally required when planning surgical treatment. Definitive diagnosis is established by histopathological examination, differentiating hemangiomas from other vascular tumors or malignancies.  

We present a rare case of capillary hemangioma protruding from the external jugular vein. In our patient, the tumor was totally removed under local anesthesia. No complications and no recurrence were observed in the following two years.  

Intravascular tumors can present as neck masses and a definitive diagnosis is made by histopathological examination. Imaging tools provide important information about anatomy, the extent of the tumor, and for surgical planning.