Use of an electrosurgical scalpel in gingival overgrowth associated with Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome.
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.
Lozano
Francisco Javier Rodríguez
FJ
University Odontologic Clinic, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain. fcojavier@um.es
Pérez
A Sanchez
AS
Villaescusa
M J Moya
MJ
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*