Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management

One of the major manifestations of methimazole-induced neutropenia or agranulocytosis is diffuse gingival ulceration and necrosis. The aim of this case report is to be familiar with drug-induced neutropenia and its associated oral manifestations and the healing of the gingiva after proper treatment.

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Autores principales: Arora, Ritika, Sharma, Anamika, Dimri, Deepakshi, Sharma, Himani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6006798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29962811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_18_18
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author Arora, Ritika
Sharma, Anamika
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description One of the major manifestations of methimazole-induced neutropenia or agranulocytosis is diffuse gingival ulceration and necrosis. The aim of this case report is to be familiar with drug-induced neutropenia and its associated oral manifestations and the healing of the gingiva after proper treatment.
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spelling pubmed-60067982018-06-29 Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management Arora, Ritika Sharma, Anamika Dimri, Deepakshi Sharma, Himani J Midlife Health Case Report One of the major manifestations of methimazole-induced neutropenia or agranulocytosis is diffuse gingival ulceration and necrosis. The aim of this case report is to be familiar with drug-induced neutropenia and its associated oral manifestations and the healing of the gingiva after proper treatment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6006798/ /pubmed/29962811 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_18_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Mid-life Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Arora, Ritika
Sharma, Anamika
Dimri, Deepakshi
Sharma, Himani
Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management
title Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management
title_full Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management
title_fullStr Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management
title_full_unstemmed Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management
title_short Methimazole-Induced Neutropenic Gingival Ulcerations and Necrosis in a Middle-Aged Female: A Case Report with Clinical Management
title_sort methimazole-induced neutropenic gingival ulcerations and necrosis in a middle-aged female: a case report with clinical management
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6006798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29962811
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_18_18
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