title: CT and MRI findings of intraosseous schwannoma of the mandible: a case report.
abstract: We report the radiographical findings of a rare case of intraosseous schwannoma of the mandible. The tumour that presented as a unilocular, well-defined, radiolucent lesion on plain radiography was located in the molar region. On CT, the tumour was a well-demarcated mass with no periosteal reaction and no destruction of the bone cortex. Destructive changes in the cortical wall of the mandibular canal by the tumour were observed on CT, but no evidence of dilatation and shift in the inferior mandibular canal was seen. MR imaging revealed that the mandibular canal was encased by the tumour as a solid mass without cystic parts. The signal intensity of the tumour was non-specific on MRI. Characteristics of intraosseous schwannoma in the mandible are the encasement of the canal by a well-demarcated tumour without periosteal reaction and the destruction of mandibular bone cortex. The destructive change of the inferior mandibular canal can be observed on CT and MRI. However, a biopsy is necessary to make the final diagnosis because of the non-specificity of the findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University School of Dentistry, Kita 13 Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan. kminowa@den.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Totsuka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed