Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis with ocular dystrophy rutherfurd's syndrome? (A case report)

Rutherfurd syndrome: A mild form of gingival hypertrophy with corneal opacity and failure of tooth eruption. Mental retardation and aggressive behavior have been noted but it is not certain whether they are related to this syndrome. The abnormalities are inherited together through an autosomal dominant gene but no gross abnormalities of chromosomal size, shape or number have been identified. Rutherfurd syndrome is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is also known by the name Oculodental syndrome. This report presents a case having all major characteristics of Rutherfurd's syndrome but without familial inheritance pattern. Therefore, the present case could be a variant of Rutherfurd's syndrome or could be new entity in itself with no eponym.