Familial occurence of hereditary gingival fibromatosis

Tatsuo TSUJI; Yasuyuki UENO; Atsuo HIROZANE; Kouji MATSUMURA; Michihiko SUZUKI; Jouji HIRAYAMA; Kohsuke SASAKI; Fumihiko SHINOZAKI

doi:10.5794/jjoms.34.164

Tatsuo TSUJI, Yasuyuki UENO, Atsuo HIROZANE, Kouji MATSUMURA, Michihiko SUZUKI, Jouji HIRAYAMA, Kohsuke SASAKI, Fumihiko SHINOZAKI

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Keywords: hereditary gingival fibromatosis

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1988 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 164-166

DOI https://doi.org/10.5794/jjoms.34.164

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Abstract

This paper reports a familial occurence of hereditary gingival fibromatosis with some reference to literature. A 15-year-old male visited our hospital for the purpose of gingivectomy. The surgical procedure was performed in the gingiva of frontal teeth area. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of gingival fibramatosis. Five patients existed in this family within 3 generations.

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