Primary Tuberculosis Clinically Presenting as Gingival Enlargement: A Case Report
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Primary tuberculosis clinically presenting as gingival enlargement: a case report.
Tuberculosis is a chronic systemic granulomatous disease which rarely affects the oral cavity. Oral lesions can be either primary or secondary to systemic tuberculosis, the former being rare. This is a never-before reported case of primary tuberculosis presenting as a localized diffuse gingival enlargement in an 11-year-old Indian female patient. The diagnosis was reached through identification...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1526-3711
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-7-5-108