Open AccessGingival hypertrophy in a child: Expect the unexpected
Author(s) -
Rekha Ravikumar,
Rakesh Manohar,
S. Latha,
Julius Xavier Scott
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-962X
DOI - 10.4103/0975-962x.180317
Subject(s) - medicine , myeloid leukemia , leukemia , bone marrow , acute leukemia , disease , muscle hypertrophy , pediatrics , pathology
Acute leukemia is the most common malignant disorder of childhood. Acute leukemia is characterized by marrow failure due to the replacement of marrow elements by leukemic blasts. Gingival hypertrophy (GH) due to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a child is extremely rare. Here, we report a case of AML (subtype M5 of FAB classification) in a 3-year-old male child wherein the disease primarily presented as GH.