ABSTRACT
Cherubism is a nonneoplastic disease of bone characterized by clinical, bilateral, painless enlargements of the jaws that are said to give the patient a cherubic appearance. Cherubism may appear in solitary cases or in many members of the family, often in multiple generations. On radiography the lesions have the appearance of bilateral multilocular radiolucent areas. On histopathologic evaluation the lesions show proliferating fibrous connective tissue containing numerous multinucleated giant cells. Since it was first described by Jones in 1933, many cases have been documented without restriction to any one country or ethnic group, but only a few cases have been reported in Japan, apparently because it is rare here. We report a case of cherubism in a 15-year-old boy and review the Japanese literature.
Subject(s)
Cherubism/diagnosis , Adolescent , Biopsy , Cherubism/blood , Cherubism/diagnostic imaging , Gadolinium , Gallium Radioisotopes , Humans , Japan , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Radiography, Panoramic , Radionuclide Imaging , Technetium Tc 99m Medronate , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
This case report examines the effectiveness of extraoral treatment of a traumatized maxillary central incisor with a transverse intra-alveolar root fracture. Both the coronal and root segments were extracted after anesthetic injection. After treatment of the pulpal cavity, the segments were synthesized with a composite resin and a canal reamer. The extracted tooth was replanted into the original socket. This method is an alternative treatment for transverse intra-alveolar root fracture, which is presently an indication for dental extraction in almost all cases.
