Missing diagnosis: Gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine
Gingival hypertrophy (GH) is a well-known physical manifestation due to inflammatory conditions, pregnancy, vitamin C deficiency, systemic diseases like leukemia, Wegners granulomatosis, and various drugs like anticonvulsants, immunosuppresant, and calcium channel blockers (CCBs).We present here a c...
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| author | L.R. Tomar A. Aggarwal |
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| description | Gingival hypertrophy (GH) is a well-known physical manifestation due to inflammatory conditions, pregnancy, vitamin C deficiency, systemic diseases like leukemia, Wegners granulomatosis, and various drugs like anticonvulsants, immunosuppresant, and calcium channel blockers (CCBs).We present here a case of a 45-year-old woman, who has been taking Amlodipine 10 mg once a day together with Atenelol 50 mg per day for one and half years, and has subsequently developed gum hypertrophy. This manifestation was reversed after stopping of Amlodipine. Though this case presentation is described in literature, we hereby present it in a pictorial form, to sensitize the treating physician toward it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af56f741abd7490290556433d0419c322022-12-21T18:46:37ZengElsevierIndian Heart Journal0019-48322015-09-0167549149210.1016/j.ihj.2015.06.011Missing diagnosis: Gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipineL.R. Tomar0A. Aggarwal1Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (University of Delhi), Delhi110095, IndiaAssistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (University of Delhi), Delhi110095, IndiaGingival hypertrophy (GH) is a well-known physical manifestation due to inflammatory conditions, pregnancy, vitamin C deficiency, systemic diseases like leukemia, Wegners granulomatosis, and various drugs like anticonvulsants, immunosuppresant, and calcium channel blockers (CCBs).We present here a case of a 45-year-old woman, who has been taking Amlodipine 10 mg once a day together with Atenelol 50 mg per day for one and half years, and has subsequently developed gum hypertrophy. This manifestation was reversed after stopping of Amlodipine. Though this case presentation is described in literature, we hereby present it in a pictorial form, to sensitize the treating physician toward it.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483215001935AmlodipineGingival hypertrophyCalcium channel blocker |
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| title | Missing diagnosis: Gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine |
| title_full | Missing diagnosis: Gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine |
| title_fullStr | Missing diagnosis: Gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Missing diagnosis: Gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine |
| title_short | Missing diagnosis: Gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine |
| title_sort | missing diagnosis gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine |
| topic | Amlodipine Gingival hypertrophy Calcium channel blocker |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483215001935 |
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