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CASE REPORT
Oral polyp as the presenting feature of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome in a child
  1. Omar Kujan1,
  2. Syed Ahmed Raheel2,
  3. David King3,
  4. Fareed Iqbal4
  1. 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  2. 2Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  3. 3University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  4. 4St Mark's Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Omar Kujan, omar.kujan{at}gmail.com

Summary

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital growth disorder characterised by abdominal wall defects, macroglossia and somatic gigantism. A number of associated features, including gastrointestinal and urinary tract polyps, have been described, but there are no previous reports of oral polyps occurring in this syndrome. We describe the first case of BWS presenting with an oral polyp. Clinicians should be alert to the possibility of BWS if other features of the syndrome are present, in children with oral polyps.

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