title: Myofibroma of the mandible.
abstract: This article is reporting a case of myofibroma involving the mandible of a 12-year-old boy. The patient did not have any swelling nor any redness but of partial mental nerve hypoesthesia. A panoramic radiograph demonstrated a globe like radiolucent lesion in the left angle of the mandible that was an increased uptake spot by FDG-PET. Incisional biopsies indicated myofibroma, therefore the tumor was totally resected under general anesthesia. After surgery there was no complication except for a change for the worse of unilateral mental nerve hypoesthesia. At 29 months postoperative, no evidence of recurrence could be found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. shibuya@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Hiroya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoo
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komori
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D047708:Myofibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed