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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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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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author | Thomas, Ninan Vinod, Sankar V. George, Arun Varghese, Aabu |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report - Systemic Disorders 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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