Localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement posing a diagnostic dilemma: a case report.
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.
Jadwat
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Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine. School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa.
Anagnostopoulos
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Wood
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Lemmer
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Meyerov
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Feller
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D000293:Adolescent; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis