Multiple idiopathic cervical root resorption: a case report

J Wu; L Y Lin; J Yang; X F Chen; J Y Ge; J R Wu; W B Sun

doi:10.1111/iej.12440

Multiple idiopathic cervical root resorption: a case report

Int Endod J. 2016 Feb;49(2):189-202. doi: 10.1111/iej.12440. Epub 2015 Mar 27.

Authors

J Wu¹, L Y Lin², J Yang¹, X F Chen¹, J Y Ge³, J R Wu⁴, W B Sun¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Periodontology, Hospital of Stomatology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
² Department of Stomatology, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China.
³ Department of Endodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

PMID: 25688929
DOI: 10.1111/iej.12440

Abstract

Aim: To report a severe and rare case of multiple idiopathic cervical root resorption (MICRR) in an adult female.

Summary: A healthy 27-year-old Chinese female, with no significant associated factors, presented with MICRR. Resorption progressed quickly and lesions varied in severity, involving 29 teeth and leading to the loss of 23 teeth over a period of only 3 years. The inner surface of the crown showed extensive areas with worm-eaten lacunar resorption, and the resorptive lesions had abundant lysosomes throughout their cytoplasm. Further, heavy deposits of reaction products were shown in variously sized lysosomes.

Keywords: cervical; idiopathic; multiple; root resorption.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Radiography, Panoramic
Root Resorption / diagnostic imaging
Root Resorption / pathology*
Root Resorption / therapy*