title: Benign neurogenic tumors of the oral cavity.
abstract: Neurogenic tumors are rare in the oral cavity, particularly so when malignant. Traumatic neuroma, although usually included with neurogenic tumors, is a reactive process rather than a true neoplasm. Neurofibroma and schwannoma derive from nerve fibers, the perineurium, the endoneurium and the neurolemmomal cells. They present histological differences. The neurofibroma may present in solitary and generalized types; the latter also known as neurofibromatosis or von Recklinghausen's disease of the skin. We here report typical cases of benign neurogenic tumors of the oral cavity.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009380:Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology; D009463:Neuroma / Q000473:pathology