[Clinical analysis and therapeutic results of peripheral giant cell granuloma]

The author presented clinical analysis and theraputic results of 105 cases of the peripheral giant cell granuloma treated in Division of Maxillofacial Surgery Regional Hospital in Rzeszów. In the 16 cases (15, 3%) this disease recurences in all prabability after non radical operation was observed. The author thinks that electrosurgical removal of the tumour is the treatment of choice. In the advanced stage of peripheral giant cell granuloma indicated excision tumour and the surrounding margin of healthy tissue with resection of the part of the alveolar process. Therapeutic indication to the extraction of the teeth neighbouring to the granuloma should be teken into consideration according to individual cases.