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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2015

A 3-year-old child suffers from extreme gingivitis with slight teeth mobility; teeth are intact. The skin is dry, the hair is brittle, the skin of the palms and soles of the feet is rough and covered in small cracks. What is the provisional diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
  2. Eosinophilic granuloma (Taratynov’s disease)
  3. Letterer-Siwe disease
  4. Niemann-Pick disease
  5. Papillon-Lefevre syndrome
Correct answer

Papillon-Lefevre syndrome

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