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Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case

Neurofibromas are benign tumors of peripheral nerve tissue, frequently associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. Their isolated occurrence in the maxillary antrum is rare, with only 6 cases described in the English literature to the best of our knowledge. Primary neurogenic tumors in the maxillary s...

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Autores principales: Jain, Deepali, Chaudhary, Minal, Patil, Swati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808710
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.128686
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description Neurofibromas are benign tumors of peripheral nerve tissue, frequently associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. Their isolated occurrence in the maxillary antrum is rare, with only 6 cases described in the English literature to the best of our knowledge. Primary neurogenic tumors in the maxillary sinus are unusual entities. The majority of the reported cases that have dealt with neurilemmomas and isolated neurofibromas are extremely rare. Here, a case of neurofibroma of the maxillary sinus. We present the case of a 60-year-old female patient with the chief complain of growth in the upper right back region of the jaw, which was preceded by exfoliation of teeth in the same region 1 month back.
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spelling pubmed-40121022014-05-07 Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case Jain, Deepali Chaudhary, Minal Patil, Swati Contemp Clin Dent Case Report Neurofibromas are benign tumors of peripheral nerve tissue, frequently associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. Their isolated occurrence in the maxillary antrum is rare, with only 6 cases described in the English literature to the best of our knowledge. Primary neurogenic tumors in the maxillary sinus are unusual entities. The majority of the reported cases that have dealt with neurilemmomas and isolated neurofibromas are extremely rare. Here, a case of neurofibroma of the maxillary sinus. We present the case of a 60-year-old female patient with the chief complain of growth in the upper right back region of the jaw, which was preceded by exfoliation of teeth in the same region 1 month back. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4012102/ /pubmed/24808710 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.128686 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case
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title_fullStr Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case
title_full_unstemmed Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case
title_short Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case
title_sort neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: a rare case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808710
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.128686
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