TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple asymptomatic yellowish-white nodules on the free gingiva.
AU - Warnock, G. R.
AU - Correll, R. W.
AU - Schorn, V.
N1 - Funding Information:
The publication of this series is coordinated by the Western Dental Education Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, and is supported by the Veterans Administration and the American Dental Association. The opinions and assertions contained herein are those of the authors and are not to be construed as official or necessarily representing the views of the Veterans Administration, the US D epartment of the Navy, or the Naval Service at large.
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PY - 1987/3
Y1 - 1987/3
N2 - Gingival plane xanthomas are unusual oral presentations of hyperlipidemia and they may be of minimal clinical significance to the patient because they are asymptomatic. However, the presence of gingival xanthomas should be considered as a possible precursor of an underlying life-threatening disease process. Many of these systemic conditions may severely compromise dental therapy; they include atherosclerotic coronary disease, peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, biliary cirrhosis, multiple myelomas, leukemia, and hyperthyroidism. Clinicians should be aware of this association and its important implications.
AB - Gingival plane xanthomas are unusual oral presentations of hyperlipidemia and they may be of minimal clinical significance to the patient because they are asymptomatic. However, the presence of gingival xanthomas should be considered as a possible precursor of an underlying life-threatening disease process. Many of these systemic conditions may severely compromise dental therapy; they include atherosclerotic coronary disease, peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, biliary cirrhosis, multiple myelomas, leukemia, and hyperthyroidism. Clinicians should be aware of this association and its important implications.
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U2 - 10.14219/jada.archive.1987.0081
DO - 10.14219/jada.archive.1987.0081
M3 - Article
C2 - 3470359
AN - SCOPUS:0023296655
SN - 0002-8177
VL - 114
SP - 367
EP - 368
JO - Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
JF - Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
IS - 3
ER -