Missing diagnosis: gingival hypertrophy due to amlodipine.

Abstract

Gingival hypertrophy (GH) is a well-known physical manifestation due to inflammatory conditions, pregnancy, vitamin C deficiency, systemic diseases like leukemia, Wegners granulomatosis, and various drugs like anticonvulsants, immunosuppresant, and calcium channel blockers (CCBs).We present here a case of a 45-year-old woman, who has been taking Amlodipine 10mg once a day together with Atenelol 50mg per day for one and half years, and has subsequently developed gum hypertrophy. This manifestation was reversed after stopping of Amlodipine. Though this case presentation is described in literature, we hereby present it in a pictorial form, to sensitize the treating physician toward it.

• Authors: L R Tomar, A Aggarwal
• Journal: Indian heart journal (Indian Heart J) 2015 Sep-Oct Vol. 67 Issue 5 Pg. 491-2 ISSN: 2213-3763 [Electronic] India
• PMID: 26432745 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2015 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Calcium Channel Blockers
• Amlodipine

Topics

• Amlodipine (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Calcium Channel Blockers (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Diagnostic Errors
• Female
• Gingiva (drug effects, pathology)
• Gingival Hypertrophy (chemically induced, diagnosis)
• Humans
• Hypertension (drug therapy)
• Middle Aged