A ligneous periodontitis and conjunctival lesions in a patient with plasminogen deficiency.

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod

Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.

Published: June 2007

Destructive membranous periodontal disease is a rare and poorly defined entity that is a part of a systemic disease due to accumulation of fibrin material. The disease is characterized by gingival enlargement and periodontal tissue destruction that leads to rapid bone loss despite treatment efforts. We present a case with ligneous periodontitis and conjunctivitis.

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