The Importance of Early Diagnosis of Gardner's syndrome in Dental Examination
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Date
2018
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Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
Gardner syndrome (GS) is a rare genetic disorder. Dentists play an important role in diagnosis considering that craniomaxillofacial osteomas are a major criteria for GS. We report a 26-year-old male patient who referred to our department with toothache. On routine panoramic radiographic examination, multiple radiopaque masses were detected incidentally. In addition, on extraoral examination, a soft tissue tumor was detected on his shoulder. The patient was referred to the gastroenterology department and intestinal polyps were detected in the colon. Histopathology report revealed malignant changes in the intestinal polyps. Early colectomy, which is a life-saving operation, was possible because of our early diagnosis.
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Adisen, Mehmet Zahit/0000-0002-5493-8390
Keywords
Cone-beam CT, Gardner syndrome, osteoma, panoramic radiography
Journal or Series
Nigerian Journal Of Clinical Practice
WoS Q Value
Q4
Scopus Q Value
Q2
Volume
21
Issue
1
Citation
Adisen, MZ; Okkesim, A; Misirlioglu, M. The Importance of Early Diagnosis of Gardner's Syndrome in Dental Examination. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice 21(1):p 114-116.
