title: Periodontal and alveolar bone abnormalities associated with pachydermoperiostosis.
abstract: Pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) is an unusual syndrome manifested clinically by finger clubbing, extremity enlargement, hypertrophic skin changes, and periosteal bone formation. A rare case of pachydermoperiostosis (primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) with oral manifestations in a 47-year-old man is presented. The possible correlation between physiological mechanisms of this disease and their influence on oral periodontal tissues and alveolar bone is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, School of Dentistry, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Akdeniz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seçkin
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010004:Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000209:etiology; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000209:etiology