Pyogenic Granuloma in Kidney Transplant Patient: Removal by Laser

The kidney transplanted patient, who is more susceptible to opportunist infections during immunosuppressive therapy, is considered a patient that requires special dental care. The oral cavity generally presents some stomatologic alterations secondary to the use of cyclosporin A - an immunosuppressive medication normally used, such as drug-induced gingival overgrowth, hairy leukoplakia, neoplasias, periodontal diseases and candidosis. The purpose of this article is to report a case of pyogenic granuloma developed concomitantly with drug-induced gingival overgrowth in a kidney transplanted patient, submitted to surgery with Nd:YAP laser, and followed up for 19 years. The clinical and histopathologic characteristics, incidence and frequency, differential diagnosis, etiopathogenesis and treatment modalities inherent to the lesion were discussed. hemangioendothelioma, hemangiopericytoma, infection by cytomegalovirus, gingival by