Aim: The aim of this work is to underline the importance of the orthodontist and paediatrics dentist in the contribution to the early diagnosis of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome (GGS), avoiding and preventing so the orofacial and systemic complications, and to determine a proper dental and surgical protocol. Material and Methods: 21 GGS patients, 5-14 years of age, (mean age of 8,2 years) 12 females, 9 males, had undergone to a multidisciplinary treatment. In 8 cases the GGS has been detected by orthodontists. The GGS or Basal Cell Naevus Syndrome is a generalized disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance and variable expressivity. The main symptoms are: recurrent multiple jaw keratocysts and basal cell naevi of the skin. Other characteristic signs are: paget-like cranial appearance, wide flat nose, craniofacial asymmetry, hypertelorism, prognatism, costo-vertebral deformities, falx-cerebri calcificated, hyphoscoliosis, palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis. Results: Diagnosis of the syndrome in childhood has been of great importance, because the early treatment contributed to avoid and reduce destruction of the jawbones and prevented severe complications in other organs. Conclusions: The orthodontists and pediatric dentists have a great responsibility to detect GGS, finding signs through the radiographs used in dentistry. The approach must be multidisciplinary between different specialists of Dentistry and Medicine, for prevention of severe malocclusions, craniofacial and systemic tumors. .
Scopo del lavoro: Lo scopo di questo lavoro è sottolineare l’importanza dell’odontoiatra nel diagnosticare e nel trattare precocemente la Sindrome di Gorlin-Goltz (SGG) per prevenire le gravi conseguenze odontostomatologiche, psicologiche, oculari e le trasformazioni maligne delle lesioni cutanee e delle cheratocisti. Materiale e Metodi: 21 pazienti, di età tra i 5 e 14 anni; (età media 8,2 anni), 12 femmine e 9 maschi affetti da SGG sono stati sottoposti ad un trattamento interdisciplinare. In 8 casi la SGG è stata diagnosticata da ortodontisti e 5 da pedodontisti. La SGG è un’affezione ereditaria relativamente rara, che colpisce in ugual misura i due sessi, dovuta a un gene autosomico dominante con alta penetranza, in cui a nevi basocellulari cutanei multipli si associano altre manifestazioni cutanee, cheratocisti dei mascellari, alterazioni scheletriche, anomalie del sistema nervoso, dell’apparato visivo e genitale. Risultati: I pazienti devono essere inclusi in un programma di visite periodiche di controllo radiografico ogni sei mesi, essendo le cheratocisti caratterizzate da elevata percentuale di recidiva quindi risulta importante il ruolo dell’odontoiatra per evitare complicanze dentali, scheletriche e sistematiche. Conclusioni: Gli ortodontisti e gli odontoiatri pediatrici hanno un ruolo determinante nella diagnosi precoce. Risulta così importante la diagnosi precoce e la collaborazione multidisciplinare tra le varie branche specialistiche per ideare un corretto protocollo terapeutico.
Early detection of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: multidisciplinary management = Sindrome di Gorlin-Goltz: diagnosi precoce e gestione terapeutica multidisciplinare / U. Garagiola, E. del Rosso, R. Soldo, M. Farronato, E. Dzsida. ((Intervento presentato al 46. convegno SIDO tenutosi a Milano nel 2015.
Early detection of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: multidisciplinary management = Sindrome di Gorlin-Goltz: diagnosi precoce e gestione terapeutica multidisciplinare
U. GaragiolaPrimo
;M. Farronato;
2015
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this work is to underline the importance of the orthodontist and paediatrics dentist in the contribution to the early diagnosis of Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome (GGS), avoiding and preventing so the orofacial and systemic complications, and to determine a proper dental and surgical protocol. Material and Methods: 21 GGS patients, 5-14 years of age, (mean age of 8,2 years) 12 females, 9 males, had undergone to a multidisciplinary treatment. In 8 cases the GGS has been detected by orthodontists. The GGS or Basal Cell Naevus Syndrome is a generalized disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance and variable expressivity. The main symptoms are: recurrent multiple jaw keratocysts and basal cell naevi of the skin. Other characteristic signs are: paget-like cranial appearance, wide flat nose, craniofacial asymmetry, hypertelorism, prognatism, costo-vertebral deformities, falx-cerebri calcificated, hyphoscoliosis, palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis. Results: Diagnosis of the syndrome in childhood has been of great importance, because the early treatment contributed to avoid and reduce destruction of the jawbones and prevented severe complications in other organs. Conclusions: The orthodontists and pediatric dentists have a great responsibility to detect GGS, finding signs through the radiographs used in dentistry. The approach must be multidisciplinary between different specialists of Dentistry and Medicine, for prevention of severe malocclusions, craniofacial and systemic tumors. .Pubblicazioni consigliate
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