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Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis

Gorlin-Goltz syndrome due to its high variability in expression are often not diagnosed as the syndrome and often managed same as that of odontogenic keratocyst. But a more careful approach for the syndrome is needed as there is high chance of malignant changes owing to improper management of the sy...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Ninan, Vinod, Sankar V., George, Arun, Varghese, Aabu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27563620
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.186148
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description Gorlin-Goltz syndrome due to its high variability in expression are often not diagnosed as the syndrome and often managed same as that of odontogenic keratocyst. But a more careful approach for the syndrome is needed as there is high chance of malignant changes owing to improper management of the syndrome. In this manuscript a case report of Gorlin-Goltz syndrome with the diagnostic features of the same in Indian population along with the difference in treatment protocol from treating an odontogenic keratocyst is described with review of literature
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spelling pubmed-49793272016-08-25 Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis Thomas, Ninan Vinod, Sankar V. George, Arun Varghese, Aabu Ann Maxillofac Surg Case Report - Systemic Disorders Gorlin-Goltz syndrome due to its high variability in expression are often not diagnosed as the syndrome and often managed same as that of odontogenic keratocyst. But a more careful approach for the syndrome is needed as there is high chance of malignant changes owing to improper management of the syndrome. In this manuscript a case report of Gorlin-Goltz syndrome with the diagnostic features of the same in Indian population along with the difference in treatment protocol from treating an odontogenic keratocyst is described with review of literature Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4979327/ /pubmed/27563620 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.186148 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery 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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Thomas, Ninan
Vinod, Sankar V.
George, Arun
Varghese, Aabu
Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis
title Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis
title_full Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis
title_fullStr Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis
title_short Gorlin–Goltz syndrome: An often missed diagnosis
title_sort gorlin–goltz syndrome: an often missed diagnosis
topic Case Report - Systemic Disorders
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27563620
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.186148
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