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Gardner syndrome with maxillofacial manifestation: A case report
Author(s) -
Baldino Maria Eduarda,
Koth Valesca Sander,
Silva Daniela Nascimento,
Figueiredo Maria Antonia,
Salum Fernanda Gonçalves,
Cherubini Karen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/scd.12339
Subject(s) - medicine , gardner syndrome , supernumerary , gardner's syndrome , disease , dermatology , oral and maxillofacial pathology , osteoma , pathology , dentistry , radiology , familial adenomatous polyposis , cancer , colorectal cancer
Gardner syndrome is a hereditary disease in which patients develop gastrointestinal polyps, osteomas, desmoid tumors, epidermoid cysts, fibromas, lipomas, and retinal lesions. Dental abnormalities such as supernumerary or impacted teeth, odontomas and dentigerous cysts are also reported. The most serious concern in this syndrome is the extremely high risk of gastrointestinal polyps undergoing malignant transformation. Since the maxillofacial findings usually precede gastrointestinal polyps, the dentist plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of Gardner syndrome, and panoramic radiography is an important tool in the diagnosis of the disease. We report here a case of Gardner syndrome in a patient showing mandibular osteomas and impacted teeth. Also, cases of Gardner syndrome with maxillofacial manifestations reported in the literature were reviewed and compared with ours. According to the findings, osteomas are important manifestations of this syndrome, and regardless of the absence of family history of intestinal polyposis, their occurrence should prompt diagnostic evaluation for this disease.