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Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review

Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (GGS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. The disease shows multiple organ involvement with variable clinical presentation. Thus a multidisciplinary approach is required for its prompt clinical diagnosis and management of this condition. This paper highlights a case of GGS p...

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Autores principales: Nilesh, Kumar, Tewary, Shivsagar, Zope, Sameer, Patel, Jinesh, Vande, Aaditee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28819517
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.96.12025
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Tewary, Shivsagar
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Patel, Jinesh
Vande, Aaditee
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description Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (GGS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. The disease shows multiple organ involvement with variable clinical presentation. Thus a multidisciplinary approach is required for its prompt clinical diagnosis and management of this condition. This paper highlights a case of GGS presenting in a young male patient with cranial, facial, dermatological, dental and skeletal involvement. The diagnosis of the syndrome was based on its clinical presentation, radiological features and histopathological findings. A review of the diagnostic criteria is also presented.
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spelling pubmed-55546342017-08-17 Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review Nilesh, Kumar Tewary, Shivsagar Zope, Sameer Patel, Jinesh Vande, Aaditee Pan Afr Med J Case Report Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (GGS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. The disease shows multiple organ involvement with variable clinical presentation. Thus a multidisciplinary approach is required for its prompt clinical diagnosis and management of this condition. This paper highlights a case of GGS presenting in a young male patient with cranial, facial, dermatological, dental and skeletal involvement. The diagnosis of the syndrome was based on its clinical presentation, radiological features and histopathological findings. A review of the diagnostic criteria is also presented. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5554634/ /pubmed/28819517 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.96.12025 Text en © Kumar Nilesh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Zope, Sameer
Patel, Jinesh
Vande, Aaditee
Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review
title Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review
title_full Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review
title_fullStr Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review
title_full_unstemmed Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review
title_short Dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: report and review
title_sort dental, dermatological and radiographic findings in a case of gorlin-goltz syndrome: report and review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28819517
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.96.12025
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