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Fissured and geographic tongue in Williams-Beuren syndrome
Neeta Sharma1, Reet Kamal2
1 Departments of Oral Medicine and Radiology, H.P. Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
2 Department of Oral Pathology, H.P. Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Neeta Sharma
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, H.P. Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla - 171 009, Himachal Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-8844.143059
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Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) is a rare, most often sporadic, genetic disease caused by a chromosomal microdeletion at locus 7q11.23 involving 28 genes. It is characterized by congenital heart defects, neonatal hypercalcemia, skeletal and renal abnormalities, cognitive disorder, social personality disorder, and dysmorphic facies. A number of clinical findings has been reported, but none of the studies evaluated this syndrome considering oral cavity. We here report a fissured and geographic tongue in association with WBS. |
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