Routine investigations do not suggest an alternative, non-CJD diagnosis. No history of getting human pituitary growth hormone or a dura mater graft from a cadaver. No history of CJD in a first degree relative or prion protein gene mutation in the person. Classification
vCJD is a separate condition from classic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (though both are caused by PrP prions). Both classic and variant CJD are subtypes of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. There are three main categories of CJD disease: sporadic CJD, hereditary CJD, and acquired CJD, with variant CJD being in the acquired group along with iatrogenic CJD. The classic form includes sporadic and hereditary forms. Sporadic CJD is the most common type.ICD-10 has no separate code for vCJD and such cases are reported under the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease code (A81.0). Epidemiology
The Lancet in 2006 suggested that it may take more than 50 years for vCJD to develop, from their studies of kuru, a similar disease in Papua New Guinea. The reasoning behind the claim is that kuru was possibly transmitted through cannibalism in Papua New Guinea when family members would eat the body of a dead relative as a sign of mourning. In the 1950s, cannibalism was banned in Papua New Guinea. In the late 20th century, however, kuru reached epidemic proportions in certain Papua New Guinean communities, therefore suggesting that vCJD may also have a similar incubation period of 20 to 50 years.
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Inflammation within periodontal ligament

Chronic periapical periodontitis
Chronic (or asymptomatic) periapical periodontitis. Related lesions
In addition to periapical abscesses, periapical periodontitis can give rise to various related lesions, including periapical granulomas and cysts. A periapical granuloma (also referred to as an apical granuloma or radicular granuloma) is a mass of chronically inflamed granulation tissue that forms at the apex of the root of a nonvital (dead) tooth. (Although not a true granuloma, given the absence of granulomatous inflammation, the term periapical granuloma is widely accepted.) Treatment
Treatment options may include antibiotic therapy (in the short term, augmented by chewing gum), root canal therapy, or extraction. Epidemiology
Periapical periodontitis of some form is a very common condition. The prevalence of periapical periodontitis is generally reported to vary according to age group, e.g. 33% in those aged 20–30, 40% in 30- to 40-year-olds, 48% in 40- to 50-year-olds, 57% in 50- to 60-year-olds and 62% in those over the age of 60. Most epidemiologic data has been generated in European countries, especially Scandinavia. While millions of root canal treatments are carried out in the United States alone each year, total numbers of such cases do not provide reliable indicators of frequency, even for symptomatic periapical periodontitis (given that root canal treatment is not always indicated or complied with, and may also be performed in the absence of periapacial periodontitis). References


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