CYSTINOSIS AND GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA - DEMONSTRATION OF CYSTINE CRYSTALS IN GINGIVAL TISSUE AND UNUSUAL ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT

Authors
HELLER AN HELLER DS SCHWIMMER A GORDON RE CAMBRIA RJ
Citation
An. Heller et al., CYSTINOSIS AND GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA - DEMONSTRATION OF CYSTINE CRYSTALS IN GINGIVAL TISSUE AND UNUSUAL ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT, Journal of periodontology, 65(12), 1994, pp. 1139-1141
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Journal of periodontology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223492
Volume
65
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1139 - 1141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3492(1994)65:12<1139:CAGH-D>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A PATIENT WITH NEPHROPATHIC CYSTINOSIS developed gingival hyperplasia secondary to cyclosporine-A therapy for his renal allograft. The typic al crystals described on electron microscopic examination of other org ans of patients with cystinosis were seen in the resected gingiva of t his patient. These crystals have not been previously described in this location. Unusual aspects of the management of this patient are discu ssed.