Atypical central neurilemmoma of the mandible.
Neurilemmomas arising within the jawbones are rare. Most occur in the mandible as slowly growing enlargements that may or may not be painful; radiographically, they are large single or multiloculated radiolucencies mimicking other benign jaw lesions. The histology is characteristic, with Antoni A and B tissues and a well-defined capsule. This article reports an unencapsulated neurilemmoma of the mandible and reviews and summarizes the features of the central neurilemmomas in the literature.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology*