EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL RESORPTION ROOT BY A GIANT CYST: A CASE REPORT

A. Rosa¹, S. Casella² and A.M. Pujia³

¹Materials for Health, Environment and Energy, Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Dentistry, University
of Tor Vergata, Rome
²Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
³Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Correspondence to:
Alberto Maria Pujia, DDS
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention,
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”,
Rome, Italy
e-mail: alberto@med.uniroma2.it

Received: 03 July 2015 Accepted: 07 September 2015

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ABSTRACT

Root cysts are inflammatory odontogenic cysts related to the teeth. Most of these lesions involve the apex of the tooth and appear as well-defined radiolucency with clear margins without erosion of the neighbouring structures. Rhizolysis, defined as the process of resorption of the hard tissues of the dental element, appears to be physiological during tooth exfoliation, pathological in the permanent elements and is a possible consequence of many dental treatments. This case report documents a large root cyst associated with external root resorption. Based on the clinical, radiographic and histopathological findings, the present case was diagnosed as an infected root cyst. The lesion was surgically enucleated with the extraction of the associated tooth. Preservation of all other teeth and vital structures was achieved without postoperative complications and satisfactory healing.

KEYWORDS: cyst, maxilla, jaw, bone, external radicular resorption