ACUTE NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE GINGIVITIS IN ONCOPEDIATRIC PATIENTS: CHALLENGES IN TREATMENT

Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG) is a serious complication that can occur in children with neutropenia after chemotherapy. Early diagnosis and assertive treatment can prevent fatal progression due to sepsis. Our goal is to report the case of a 2-year-old female patient undergoing treat...

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Published in:	Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology Vol. 134; no. 3; p. e147
Main Authors:	Einsfeld, Vanessa, Silva, Maria Carmen Pereira, Gonçalves, Kariana Wan-Dall, Da Silva, William Phillips Pereira, Albonei, Mara, Sassi, Laurindo Moacir, Da Fonseca Wastner, Bruna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Inc 01-09-2022
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Summary:	Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG) is a serious complication that can occur in children with neutropenia after chemotherapy. Early diagnosis and assertive treatment can prevent fatal progression due to sepsis. Our goal is to report the case of a 2-year-old female patient undergoing treatment for acute lymphoid leukemia who developed ANUG in the attached gingiva of the maxilla and hard palate after the first block of chemotherapy with daunorubicin and vincristine. The patient had progressive and quick worsening even with local hygiene measures, photobiomodulation, and broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Her general health condition did not allow surgical debridement because she was severely neutropenic and thrombocytopenic. On the sixth day after the appearance of the first spot of gingival necrosis, the patient died from sepsis of pulmonary and oral foci that culminated in cardiorespiratory arrest.
ISSN:	2212-4403 2212-4411
DOI:	10.1016/j.oooo.2022.01.355