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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Issue: 2013, vol. 19, book 4
Subject Collection: Oral and Dental Medicine
Pages: 388-391
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2013194.388
Published online: 15 October 2013
J of IMAB 2013; 19(4):388-391
ORAL SIGNS OF LEUKEMIA AND DENTAL MANAGEMENT – literature data and case report.
Elitsa G. Deliverska 1
, Assya Krasteva2.
1) Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery,
2) Department of Oral Imaging and Oral Diagnostic,
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University Sofia, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
A The oral signs and symptoms may be reflect a undetected serious systemic diseases. Depending on the oral manifestation the dentists and physicians make attention and focusing on specific diagnoses. In some cases oral involvement may be frequently herald the onset of the disease which requires the dentists to better knowledge of changes in the oral cavity.
In the oral cavity local symptoms and findings of leukemia include paleness of the oral mucosa with gingival bleeding that develops into painless gingival hyperplasia, petechiae, hemorrhages, and ulcerative necrotic lesions
Because of their clinical importance, all such lesions deserve the full attention of the dental doctors.
The aim is to evaluate in detail the oral complications of leukemia at initial presentation and present a clinical case of 54 old female with oral manifestation as initial signs of the disease.
Key words: oral manifestation; leukemia; dentist; management;
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Deliverska EG, Krasteva A. Oral signs of leukemia and dental management – literature data and case report. J of IMAB. 2013; 19(4):388-391. doi: 10.5272/jimab.2013194.388.
Correspondence to: dr Elitsa Deliverska, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine,
1, Georgi Sofiyski blvd., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria; e-mail: elitsadeliverska@yahoo.com
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Received: 20 July 2013
Published online: 15 October 2013