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A pregnant patient presents with a lobulated, vascular, easily bleeding gingival mass. What is this lesion most specifically called, given her pregnancy?
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Correct answer: A. Pyogenic granuloma
This lesion is histologically a pyogenic granuloma; when it occurs specifically during pregnancy (attributed to hormonal influences exaggerating the vascular/inflammatory reactive response to local irritation), it's given the more specific name 'pregnancy tumor' or 'granuloma gravidarum.' Outside of pregnancy, the same lesion is simply called a pyogenic granuloma.