Case Report
Gorhams Disease of a Mandible: A Case Report
Norliwati Ibrahim1*, Nurshaline Pauline Kipli2, Ahmad Toha3 and Rosli Ismail41Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Dental Specialist Clinic, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
3Department of Pathology, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
4Pantai Hospital Ayer Keroh, Melaka, Malaysia
- *Corresponding Author:
- Dr. Norliwati Ibrahim
BDS MClinDent, Lecturer at the Department of Oral
Medicine and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Tel: 60392897998
Fax: 60392897798
E-mail: norliibrahim@gmail.com
Received date: October 19, 2015; Accepted date: December 28, 2015; Published date: December 31, 2015
Citation: Ibrahim N, Kipli NP, Toha A, Ismail R (2015) Gorham’s Disease of a Mandible: A Case Report. Cosmetol & Oro Facial Surg 1:103. doi:10.4172/jcofs.1000103
Copyright: © 2015 Ibrahim N, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Gorham’s disease is a rare disorder characterized by progressive bone destruction and proliferation of vascular channels with replacement of fibrous connective tissue. The aetiology remains poorly understood while both diagnosis and management were challenging. We reported a case of an 18 year-old Ibanese girl of Sarawak with massive mandible destruction, whom initial complaint was gingival swelling of the right mandible with affected teeth mobility.