Primary biliary cirrhosis. Sole presentation with rampant dental caries

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1994 Jan;77(1):16-8. doi: 10.1016/s0030-4220(06)80101-5.

Abstract

A 55-year-old woman was referred by her general dental practitioner for management of rampant dental caries of recent onset. Examination revealed a very dry mouth, angular stomatitis, and multiple carious lesions. Labial salivary gland biopsy showed features consistent with Sjögren's syndrome. Hematologic investigations showed antimitochondrial antibodies at a titer of 1 in 320, highly suggestive of primary biliary cirrhosis that was confirmed by liver biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Dental Caries / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitochondria, Liver / immunology
  • Xerostomia / etiology*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies