Skin symptoms of chronic inflammation of a tooth root apex
Sack, U.; Reichert, T.; Diwo, T.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 43(4): 230-232
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 1597373 Document Number: 399908
Cutaneous manifestations of a periradicular inflammation are now uncommon. In most cases the periradicular infection results in the development of an apical granuloma. If there is proliferation of resting epithelial cells in this granuloma a cyst will develop, the so-called radicular cyst. A rare form of periradicular inflammation is the so-called chronisch granulierende Entzündung nach Partsch [Partsch's chronic granulomatous inflammation]. In this case the granulation tissue spreads through the bone and results in a cutaneous odontogenic sinus. We report on a female patient in whom complete healing was obtained by removal of the periradicular process and excision of the sinus tract.