Gingival hypertrophy in a child: Expect the unexpected

Acute leukemia is the most common malignant disorder of childhood. Acute leukemia is characterized by marrow failure due to the replacement of marrow elements by leukemic blasts. Gingival hypertrophy (GH) due to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a child is extremely rare. Here, we report a case of AML...

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Autores principales: Ravikumar, Rekha, Manohar, Rakesh, Latha, Sneha Magatha, Scott, Julius Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433057
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-962X.180317
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author Ravikumar, Rekha
Manohar, Rakesh
Latha, Sneha Magatha
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description Acute leukemia is the most common malignant disorder of childhood. Acute leukemia is characterized by marrow failure due to the replacement of marrow elements by leukemic blasts. Gingival hypertrophy (GH) due to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a child is extremely rare. Here, we report a case of AML (subtype M5 of FAB classification) in a 3-year-old male child wherein the disease primarily presented as GH.
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spelling pubmed-49340872016-07-18 Gingival hypertrophy in a child: Expect the unexpected Ravikumar, Rekha Manohar, Rakesh Latha, Sneha Magatha Scott, Julius Xavier Indian J Dent Case Report Acute leukemia is the most common malignant disorder of childhood. Acute leukemia is characterized by marrow failure due to the replacement of marrow elements by leukemic blasts. Gingival hypertrophy (GH) due to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a child is extremely rare. Here, we report a case of AML (subtype M5 of FAB classification) in a 3-year-old male child wherein the disease primarily presented as GH. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4934087/ /pubmed/27433057 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-962X.180317 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dentistry 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 ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Gingival hypertrophy in a child: Expect the unexpected
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433057
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-962X.180317
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