Localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement posing a diagnostic dilemma: a case report.

Y. Jadwat; C. Anagnostopoulos; N. H. Wood; J. Lemmer; R. H. Meyerov; L. Feller

Localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement posing a diagnostic dilemma: a case report.

Y. Jadwat^*, C. Anagnostopoulos, N. H. Wood, J. Lemmer, R. H. Meyerov, L. Feller

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Periodontology and Oral Medicine

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This is a case report of localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement. There was difficulty both clinically and histologically in deciding whether the gingival enlargement was a pyogenic granuloma or a Kaposi sarcoma. The diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma was eventually ruled out by the failure of immunohistopathological examination to demonstrate the presence of HHV-8 DNA markers, and by the clinical response of the lesions to antimicrobial agents. Once a definitive diagnosis was made, the patient was treated conventionally.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	230-232
Number of pages	3
Journal	SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging
Volume	63
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - May 2008

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Localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement posing a diagnostic dilemma: a case report. / Jadwat, Y.; Anagnostopoulos, C.; Wood, N. H. et al.
In: SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging, Vol. 63, No. 4, 05.2008, p. 230-232.

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