Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland

A 15-year-old boy presented with swelling in the submandibular region. X-ray of the swollen part showed faint radio opaque shadow. A provisional diagnosis of sialadenitis with sialolithiasis was made. Excised mass was reported histopathologically as plexiform neurofibroma of submandibular salivary g...

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Autores principales: Shekar, T. Y., Gole, Gautam, Prabhala, Shailaja, Gole, Sheetal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22091342
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.73622
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description A 15-year-old boy presented with swelling in the submandibular region. X-ray of the swollen part showed faint radio opaque shadow. A provisional diagnosis of sialadenitis with sialolithiasis was made. Excised mass was reported histopathologically as plexiform neurofibroma of submandibular salivary gland. Plexiform neurofibroma of the salivary gland is a rare benign tumor often present in the parotid gland. It is very rare in submandibular salivary gland. It is a slow growing, locally infiltrating tumor.
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spelling pubmed-32142852011-11-16 Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland Shekar, T. Y. Gole, Gautam Prabhala, Shailaja Gole, Sheetal J Surg Tech Case Rep Case Report A 15-year-old boy presented with swelling in the submandibular region. X-ray of the swollen part showed faint radio opaque shadow. A provisional diagnosis of sialadenitis with sialolithiasis was made. Excised mass was reported histopathologically as plexiform neurofibroma of submandibular salivary gland. Plexiform neurofibroma of the salivary gland is a rare benign tumor often present in the parotid gland. It is very rare in submandibular salivary gland. It is a slow growing, locally infiltrating tumor. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3214285/ /pubmed/22091342 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.73622 Text en © Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland
title Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland
title_full Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland
title_fullStr Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland
title_full_unstemmed Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland
title_short Plexiform Neurofibroma: A Rare Tumor of Submandibular Salivary Gland
title_sort plexiform neurofibroma: a rare tumor of submandibular salivary gland
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22091342
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.73622
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