title: Hereditary gingival fibromatosis: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hereditary gingival fibromatosis is characterized by various degrees of attached gingival overgrowth. It usually develops as an isolated disorder but can be one feature of a syndrome. A case of a 38-year-old female is reported who presented a generalized severe gingival overgrowth, involving the maxillary and mandibular arches and covering almost all teeth. The clinical differential diagnosis included drug-induced overgrowth as well as idiopathic gingival fibromatosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Excess gingival tissue was removed by conventional gingivectomy. As the gingival enlargement was generalized to all quadrants, on both sides, the surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient's appearance improved considerably. Post-surgical follow-up after 20 months demonstrated a slight recurrence
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hereditary gingival fibromatosis is a rare disorder characterized by the proliferative fibrous overgrowth of the gingival tissue. Resective surgery of the excess tissue is the treatment available. However, recurrence is a common feature.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilo-facial, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. jrib@mail.telepac.pt
authors.forename: Isabel Poiares
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Baptista
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005351:Fibromatosis, Gingival / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005890:Gingivectomy; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence