Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient

Neurofibroma is a rare, benign, neurogenic tumour which may present as multiple lesions as a part of neurofibromatosis syndrome or as a solitary mass. This paper reports a case of large solitary neurofibroma of face in a young female patient. Clinical presentation, imaging characteristics and mana...

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Main Authors: Kumar Nilesh, Ramchandra G Naniwadekar, Aaditee V Vande
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Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/9996/25991_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(RB_SS)_PFA(RB_SS).pdf
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spelling doaj-56304b49dd6a451097aeaa2b81d4c7b52020-11-25T03:23:28ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2017-06-01116ZD04ZD0610.7860/JCDR/2017/25991.9996Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric PatientKumar Nilesh0Ramchandra G Naniwadekar1Aaditee V Vande2Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.Professor, Department of Surgery, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.Postgraduate Student, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.Neurofibroma is a rare, benign, neurogenic tumour which may present as multiple lesions as a part of neurofibromatosis syndrome or as a solitary mass. This paper reports a case of large solitary neurofibroma of face in a young female patient. Clinical presentation, imaging characteristics and management of the pathology has been described in detail. The paper also reviews English literature for similar cases. https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/9996/25991_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(RB_SS)_PFA(RB_SS).pdfmaxillofacialneurofibromatosisneurogenicswellingtumour
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author Kumar Nilesh
Ramchandra G Naniwadekar
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spellingShingle Kumar Nilesh
Ramchandra G Naniwadekar
Aaditee V Vande
Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
maxillofacial
neurofibromatosis
neurogenic
swelling
tumour
author_facet Kumar Nilesh
Ramchandra G Naniwadekar
Aaditee V Vande
author_sort Kumar Nilesh
title Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient
title_short Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient
title_full Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient
title_fullStr Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient
title_full_unstemmed Large Solitary Neurofibroma of Face in a Paediatric Patient
title_sort large solitary neurofibroma of face in a paediatric patient
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2017-06-01
description Neurofibroma is a rare, benign, neurogenic tumour which may present as multiple lesions as a part of neurofibromatosis syndrome or as a solitary mass. This paper reports a case of large solitary neurofibroma of face in a young female patient. Clinical presentation, imaging characteristics and management of the pathology has been described in detail. The paper also reviews English literature for similar cases.
topic maxillofacial
neurofibromatosis
neurogenic
swelling
tumour
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/9996/25991_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(RB_SS)_PFA(RB_SS).pdf
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