Sarcoidosis Presenting as Isolated Gingival Enlargement: A Rare Case Entity
Published: November 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5194
Pragya Tripathi, Jaihans Aggarwal, Deepak Chopra, Sukhchain Bagga, Kanika Sethi
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Affiliated by- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital,
Ghaziabad, U.P., India.
2. Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Affiliated by- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, U.P., India.
3. Professor, Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Affiliated by- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital,
Ghaziabad, U.P., India.
4. Reader, Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Affiliated by- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Inderprastha Dental College And Hospital,
Ghaziabad, U.P., India.
5. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, Affiliated by- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Inderprastha Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, U.P., India.
Correspondence
Dr. Pragya Tripathi,
Flat no 11, sector 5/119, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad , (U.P) -201002, India.
Phone : 91-9999977571, E-mail : dr.pragya.trip@gmail.com
Sarcoidosis is a non-caseating granulomatous disease . It is a multiorgan inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. Conditions affecting skin or other organs frequently involve oral cavity and rarely manifest as gingival disease. Here we are reporting a rare case in which gingival hyperplasia was the initial symptom which finally led to the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Oral mucous membrane needs to be examined carefully as it may constitute in presenting first sign of systemic sarcoidosis.
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