Synonym(s)
Gum hypertrophy; Macularity
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Collective term for a pathological increase in size of the gingiva of different genesis, whereby pathologically and anatomically a primary inflammatory (to be assigned to the gingivitis; see below gingivitis hyperplastica) is to be separated from a hyperplastic form.
ClassificationThis section has been translated automatically.
It is difficult to classify the clinical symptom "gingival hyperplasia" according to etiological aspects, as it is a polyetiological complex of symptoms. Gingival hyperplasia occurs with:
- inflammatory gingivitis
- Gingivo-periodontal manifestation of systemic diseases
- in the context of physiological changes in pregnancy
- Hyperplastic periodontopathy (formerly macular degeneration in the narrow sense).
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Polyätiological.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Gingival hyperplasia is observed in the following syndromes and diseases:
- As ADRs (drug side effects: phenytoin, ciclosporin, oral contraceptives, nifedipine)
- acanthosis nigricans
- Acromegaly
- Systemic amyloidosis
- Cowden Syndrome
- Enteritis regionalis (M. Crohn)
- Fibromatosis gingivae
- gingivitis hyperplastica
- Gravidity s. Macrulia gravidarum
- Hyalinosis cutis et mucosae
- Neurofibromatosis
- Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome
- Pringle-Bourneville phacomatosis
- Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
- Myeloid and lymphatic systemic diseases
- Sarcoidosis
- Scurvy
- Sturge Weber Crab Syndrome
- Wegener's granulomatosis.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
S. under the respective clinical picture.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Hornstein OP (1996) Diseases of the mouth. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart Berlin Cologne, S. 578-579
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer