RESEARCH ARTICLE
Oral Giant Cell Granuloma in a Patient with Glycogen Storage Disease
Fabrício Rezende do Amaral, Vinicius Magalhães Carvalho, Marina Guimarães Fraga, Tânia Mara Pimenta Amaral, Carolina Cavaliéri Gomes, Ricardo Santiago Gomez*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 144
Last Page: 146
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-3-144
DOI: 10.2174/1874210600903010144
Article History:
Received Date: 13/2/2009Revision Received Date: 2/4/2009
Acceptance Date: 8/5/2009
Electronic publication date: 29/6/2009
Collection year: 2009

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Abstract
The glycogen storage disease (GSD) is a group of inherited disorders that involve deficiencies in the enzymes that metabolize glycogen. The purpose of the present paper is to report a rare case of GSD type 1b that presented both peripheral and central giant cell granuloma, and to discuss the possible explanation for this unusual finding. The use of corticosteroids in the management of central giant cell granuloma is also demonstrated.