Unusual wound healing following removal of donor tissue for soft tissue graft

Soft tissue grafts are regularly used in most periodontal practices to augment attached gingiva. Postoperative complications are few and of minor consequence. This case describes a possible arterio-venous shunt following removal of palatal mucosa as the donor tissue in a soft tissue autograft. The complication was managed by a surgical excision of the cavernous lesion. Healing thereafter was uneventful.