Solitary neurofibroma of the palate mimicking mucocele: A rare case report

Neurofibroma is a benign, slow-growing, peripheral nerve neoplasm. It presents as a solitary tumor or component of neurofibromatosis (NF) and von Recklinghausen's disease. The occurrence of solitary neurofibromas in the oral cavity is less frequent, and those in the palate are reported in less...

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Autores principales: Sekhar, Prasanna, Nandhini, G, Kumar, K Raj, Kumar, A Ramesh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30967718
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_196_18
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author Sekhar, Prasanna
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description Neurofibroma is a benign, slow-growing, peripheral nerve neoplasm. It presents as a solitary tumor or component of neurofibromatosis (NF) and von Recklinghausen's disease. The occurrence of solitary neurofibromas in the oral cavity is less frequent, and those in the palate are reported in less numbers. This report describes an unusual case of solitary neurofibroma in the hard palate which clinically mimicked a mucocele.
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spelling pubmed-64219262019-04-09 Solitary neurofibroma of the palate mimicking mucocele: A rare case report Sekhar, Prasanna Nandhini, G Kumar, K Raj Kumar, A Ramesh J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Neurofibroma is a benign, slow-growing, peripheral nerve neoplasm. It presents as a solitary tumor or component of neurofibromatosis (NF) and von Recklinghausen's disease. The occurrence of solitary neurofibromas in the oral cavity is less frequent, and those in the palate are reported in less numbers. This report describes an unusual case of solitary neurofibroma in the hard palate which clinically mimicked a mucocele. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6421926/ /pubmed/30967718 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_196_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Solitary neurofibroma of the palate mimicking mucocele: A rare case report
title_fullStr Solitary neurofibroma of the palate mimicking mucocele: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Solitary neurofibroma of the palate mimicking mucocele: A rare case report
title_short Solitary neurofibroma of the palate mimicking mucocele: A rare case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421926/
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