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SUBMITTER: Suhanya J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2878617 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suhanya J J Aggarwal Chakshu C Mohideen Khadijah K Jayachandran S S Ponniah I I
Head and neck pathology 20091211 2
Cherubism is an inherited, autosomal dominant disorder that characteristically affects the jaws of children. The disease typically manifest as a bilateral swelling with associated submandibular lymph node enlargements and usually regresses as age advances. The disease is microscopically indistinguishable from other giant cell lesions and is essentially a clinical diagnosis. The association of cherubism with gingival fibromatosis, epilepsy, mental retardation, stunted growth, and hypertrichosis i ...[more]