Journal of Orofacial Sciences (Jan 2014)

Fissured and geographic tongue in Williams-Beuren syndrome

  • Neeta Sharma,
  • Reet Kamal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-8844.143059
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 129 – 130

Abstract

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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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