title: Use of an electrosurgical scalpel in gingival overgrowth associated with Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome.
abstract: We present a case of gingival overgrowth, with aesthetic repercussions, associated with Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome. Treatment consisted of electric gingivectomy. We noted that it is necessary to carefully monitor hemorrhaging during surgery as well as to provide a correct differential diagnosis to distinguish this syndrome from other illnesses that involve gingival growth.
authors.affiliation: University Odontologic Clinic, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain. fcojavier@um.es
authors.forename: Francisco Javier Rodríguez
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: A Sanchez
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: M J Moya
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Villaescusa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000150:complications; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019214:Gingival Overgrowth / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005890:Gingivectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*