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Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome

The Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare uncommon neurocutaneous disorders with angiomas involving the leptomeninges (Leptomeningeal Angiomas) and skin of the face, typically in the ophthalmic (V(1)) and maxillary (V(2)) distributions of the trigeminal nerve. The cutaneous angioma is called a Port-Wine S...

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Autores principales: Elavarasu, Sugumari, Kumaran, S. Thanga, Sasi Kumar, P. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869133
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.113084
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author Elavarasu, Sugumari
Kumaran, S. Thanga
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description The Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare uncommon neurocutaneous disorders with angiomas involving the leptomeninges (Leptomeningeal Angiomas) and skin of the face, typically in the ophthalmic (V(1)) and maxillary (V(2)) distributions of the trigeminal nerve. The cutaneous angioma is called a Port-Wine Stain. It is commonly referred to as “Sturge-Weber syndrome after Sturge and Weber who first described this affliction in 1879. This article present a case of Sturge-Weber syndrome associated with gingival enlargement, its management and follow-up results.
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spelling pubmed-37137582013-07-18 Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome Elavarasu, Sugumari Kumaran, S. Thanga Sasi Kumar, P. K. J Indian Soc Periodontol Case Report The Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare uncommon neurocutaneous disorders with angiomas involving the leptomeninges (Leptomeningeal Angiomas) and skin of the face, typically in the ophthalmic (V(1)) and maxillary (V(2)) distributions of the trigeminal nerve. The cutaneous angioma is called a Port-Wine Stain. It is commonly referred to as “Sturge-Weber syndrome after Sturge and Weber who first described this affliction in 1879. This article present a case of Sturge-Weber syndrome associated with gingival enlargement, its management and follow-up results. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3713758/ /pubmed/23869133 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.113084 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Elavarasu, Sugumari
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Sasi Kumar, P. K.
Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome
title Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome
title_full Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome
title_fullStr Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome
title_short Periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome
title_sort periodontal management of gingival enlargement associated with sturge-weber syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869133
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.113084
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