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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2016

A 3-year-old child suffers from extreme gingivitis with slight teeth mobility; the 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. Letterer-Siwe disease
  2. Papillon-Lefevre syndrome
  3. Eosinophilic granuloma (Taratynov’s disease)
  4. Niemann-Pick disease
  5. Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
Correct answer

Papillon-Lefevre syndrome

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