Oral manifestations associated with leukocyte adhesion deficiency: a five-year case study.
نویسندگان
چکیده
A five-year case study of a child with leukocyte adhesion deficiency is presented. The report describes the generalized progressive periodontitis and intraoral infections associated with both the primary and permanent dentition. The associated therapeutic challenges and largely unsuccessful treatment regimens utilized in the attempts to arrest the periodontal disease are described.
منابع مشابه
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency Type 1 Presenting as Leukemoid Reaction
The hallmarks of leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) are defects in the leukocyte adhesion process, marked leukocytosis and recurrent infections. These molecular and clinical manifestations result from an impaired step in the inflammatory process, namely, the emigration of leukocytes from the blood vessels to sites of infection, which requires adhesion of leukocytes to the endothelium. Over las...
متن کاملPeriodontal Involvement in Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency: Review of the Literature and a Case Report
Objective: Leukocyte adhesion deficiency(LAD) is a scarce, autosomal recessive inherited disorder . LAD-I which is the most common type occurs due to mutations on the CD18 gene. This mutation leads to absence or severe reduction of leukocyte cell surface expression of ß2 integrin molecules which are necessary for the adhesion of the leukocytes to the endothelial cells, transendothelial mi...
متن کاملLeukocyte adhesion deficiency type I--a focus on oral disease in a young child.
This paper presents a case of the moderate form of Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD-1) in a 4 year-old boy. LAD-1 is a rare, inherited immunodeficiency that affects 1 in 1 million people yearly. Affected patients are susceptible to recurrent bacterial and fungal infections, impaired pus formation and delayed wound healing. In the oral clinical finding, more important is a generalized p...
متن کاملگزارش یک مورد سندرم نقص چسبندگی لکوسیتی نوع یک همراه با زمان مناسب افتادن بند ناف
Introduction: Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 is a rare disorder of function of neutrophils which presents with recurrent bacterial and fungal infections. The patients usually have a history of delayed umbilical cord detachment. Case Report: The patient was a fourteen-month-old boy with recurrent bronchopneumonia, skin abscess and oral candidiasis. There was a history of abscess formati...
متن کاملInvestigation of Bovine Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (BLAD) and Complex Vertebral Malformation (CVM) in a Population of Iranian Holstein Cows
In the present research, molecular detection of bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD) and complex vertebral malformation (CVM)in a population of Iranian Holstein cows has been carried outusing milk somatic cells by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP). The BLAD and CVM are monogenic and autosomal recessive heredity lethal syndrome in Holstein-Friesi...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatric dentistry
دوره 12 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990