GINGIVAL SWELLING AS A MANIFESTATION OF NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA

Authors
PAYNE M ALDAMOUK JD
Citation
M. Payne et Jd. Aldamouk, GINGIVAL SWELLING AS A MANIFESTATION OF NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA, British Dental Journal, 175(8), 1993, pp. 293-294
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British Dental Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070610
Volume
175
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
293 - 294
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0610(1993)175:8<293:GSAAMO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A case is reported in which a 52-year-old male patient presented to hi s dental practitioner with several unusual, purple coloured gingival s wellings, the largest of which was about 1 cm in diameter. A careful m edical history revealed that the patient had 2 years previously been d iagnosed as having low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) Prompt refer ral led to confirmation of the provisional diagnosis of gingival manif estation of NHL and early institution of appropriate treatment.