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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 13;14(8):e245097.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245097.

Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia (TUGSE): a rare self-healing oral mucosal lesion

Abhishek Banerjee  1 , Satya Ranjan Misra  2 , Vivek Kumar  1 , Neeta Mohanty  3
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Traumatic ulcerative granuloma with stromal eosinophilia (TUGSE): a rare self-healing oral mucosal lesion

Abhishek Banerjee et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: dentistry and oral medicine; general practice / family medicine; pathology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A solitary, irregular ulcer on the right buccal mucosa in relation to carious maxillary molars having an erythematous floor and irregular hyperkeratotic white borders with indentation of the tooth cusp of maxillary molar on the ulcer surface.
Figure 2
Figure 2
H&E-stained section showing (A) infiltrative lesion with dense granulomatous reaction in the stroma (original magnification 5×) and (B) infiltration of the chronic inflammation at the level of deeper connective tissue extending into the musculature (original magnification 10×). At higher magnification, presence of (C) tissue macrophages along with budding vascular channels and lymphocytes and (D) pool of eosinophils along with other components of chronic inflammation are seen (original magnification 40×).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Healed ulcer on the right buccal mucosa indicating the self-limiting nature of the lesion.
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