Dental Management of a Young Child Affected by Galactosialidosis and a Gigantic Abdominal Growth

• Main Authors: Yoselín Méndez-Salado (Author), Paola De Ávila-Rojas (Author), Amaury Pozos-Guillén (Author), Raúl Márquez-Preciado (Author), Miguel Ángel Noyola-Frías (Author), Socorro Ruiz-Rodríguez (Author), Arturo Garrocho-Rangel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Galactosialidosis (GS) is a rare form of lysosomal storage disease that involves a broad spectrum of skeletal and soft tissue abnormalities. We report here on a 4-year 7-month-old boy with mild mental retardation, exhibiting multiple caries cavities and associated infectious foci and macroglossia. A...