A 2 cm Buccal Mucosa Mass, Tooth 309, and What Pyogenic Granuloma Actually Is

A 13-year-old cat stopped chewing on one side of its mouth. The cause was a 2 cm, ulcerated mass on the buccal mucosa, sitting exactly where the opposing molar would strike it on every bite — and exactly the kind of finding that starts an oral cancer workup. Histopathology told a different, far more treatable story.