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case_images: Diffuse, hereditary gingival fibromatosis in a 13-year-old female reported to the Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland. a Clinical appearance of the lesion before surgery. b Epithelial acanthosis, dense connective tissue consisting of numerous collagen fiber bundles, a moderate amount of fibroblasts, and scanty blood vessels in tissue sections stained by hematoxylin and eosin, original magnific. 100x. Histological staining was performed at the Microbiology Department, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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case_images: GF can be generalized, idiopathic or hereditary (non-syndromic) (Figs. 1a and 2a) or associated with different genetic diseases. The typical histopathology of the lesion involves hyperplasia of the epithelium with elongated rete ridges extending into the underlying connective tissue (Figs. 1b and 2b). The connective tissue consists of excess collagen, but has relatively few fibroblasts and blood vessels (Fig. 1b).
case_images: Non-syndromic, diffuse, hereditary gingival fibromatosis in a 32-year-old female treated at the Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland. a Recurrence at 1 year post-surgery is visible in the anterior region of the mandibula. b Hematoxylin and eosin staining shows epithelial acanthosis and atypically abundant inflammatory infiltrates distributed in the subepithelial and connective tissue, original magnific. 100x. Histological staining was performed at Microbiology Department, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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case_images: GF can be generalized, idiopathic or hereditary (non-syndromic) (Figs. 1a and 2a) or associated with different genetic diseases. The typical histopathology of the lesion involves hyperplasia of the epithelium with elongated rete ridges extending into the underlying connective tissue (Figs. 1b and 2b). The excess of gingival tissue may provide new niches for the growth of microorganisms, plaque accumulation and pseudopockets formation resulting in inflammatory infiltration of the gingival connective tissue (Fig. 2b).
case_images: Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis in the posterior maxillary region of the gingiva of a 35-year-old patient treated at the Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland. a Clinical image of the lesion before surgery. b Numerous bundles of collagen fibrils oriented in antithetic directions in the dense, thick connective tissue, visualized by Heidenhain's trichrome staining, original magnific. 100x. Histological study was conducted at Microbiology Department, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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case_images: An example of a local, nodular-like lesion in the posterior maxillary region of the gingiva in a 35-year-old patient diagnosed as an IGF is depicted in Fig. 3a. Unlike in normal gingiva, coarse and fine dense collagen fiber bundles are oriented in all directions (Fig. 3b).