A case of neurinoma originating in the inferior alveolar nerve

Neurinoma is a benign tumor arising from Schwann cells. In the oral and maxillofacial region, tumors usually arise in the tongue and rarely occur in the mandible. We present a case of neurinoma originating in the inferior alveolar nerve. A 39-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of disc...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 28 - 30
Main Authors YATA, Hiroaki, KINOSHITA, Yasuo, SUZUKI, Masayuki, YAJIMA, Tetsuya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2001
Subjects
inferior alveolar nerve
neurilemmoma
neurinoma
schwannoma
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ISSN0021-5163
2186-1579
DOI10.5794/jjoms.47.28

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Summary:Neurinoma is a benign tumor arising from Schwann cells. In the oral and maxillofacial region, tumors usually arise in the tongue and rarely occur in the mandible. We present a case of neurinoma originating in the inferior alveolar nerve. A 39-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of discomfort in the right side of the mandible. The clinical diagnosis was a mandiblar tumor. The tumor was extirpated with the inferior alveolar nerve. The histopathological diagnosis was neurinoma. The tumor was confirmed to have originated in the inferior alveolar nerve.
ISSN:0021-5163
2186-1579
DOI:10.5794/jjoms.47.28