Destructive Membranous Periodontal Disease (Ligneous Periodontitis)

Generalized membranous gingival enlargement due to accumulation of amyloid or fibrin‐like material is a rare, destructive and poorly defined disease entity. Some patients also show extraoral manifestations. The lesion is an involvement of periodontal tissues caused by the same process as ligneous co...

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Published in:	Journal of periodontology (1970) Vol. 70; no. 8; pp. 919 - 925
Main Authors:	Günhan, Ömer, Günhan, Meral, Berker, Ezel, Gürgan, Cem A., Yildirim, Hilal
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	737 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611‐2690, USA American Academy of Periodontology 01-08-1999
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Amyloid - analysis Dentistry Diagnosis, Differential Family Health Female Fibrinolysis gingival hyperplasia Gingival Hyperplasia - etiology Gingival Hyperplasia - pathology Humans Male Periodontitis - etiology Periodontitis - pathology periodontitis, ligneous wound healing
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Summary:	Generalized membranous gingival enlargement due to accumulation of amyloid or fibrin‐like material is a rare, destructive and poorly defined disease entity. Some patients also show extraoral manifestations. The lesion is an involvement of periodontal tissues caused by the same process as ligneous conjunctivitis. In this report, 3 new cases, two of whom are siblings, are presented. Defective fibrinolysis and abnormal wound healing seem to be the main pathogenetic mechanism of this unusual disease, which should be evaluated systemically considering other mucosal involvement. J Periodontol 1999;70:919‐925.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-3 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 ObjectType-Feature-5 ObjectType-Report-2 ObjectType-Article-4
ISSN:	0022-3492 1943-3670
DOI:	10.1902/jop.1999.70.8.919