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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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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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author | Jain, Deepali Chaudhary, Minal Patil, Swati |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Jain, Deepali Chaudhary, Minal Patil, Swati Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case |
title | Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case |
title_full | Neurofibroma of the maxillary antrum: A rare case |
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 |
topic | Case Report |
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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