INTRAORAL PYOGENIC GRANULOMA AFTER ALLOGENIC BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANT -REPORT OF 3 CASES

Allogeneic bone marrow transplant patients commonly have oral complica tions related to their disease or its treatment. Those reported includ e: xerostomia, mucositis, caries, infection, gingival hyperplasia, per iodontitis, and graft-versus-host disease. These complications may be responsible for significant morbidity. This article reviews commonly r eported oral complications of bone marrow transplantation and presents three cases in which intraoral pyogenic granuloma occurred. The cause of these lesions in post-bone marrow transplant patients is discussed .