Myofibroma of the mandible.
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.
Shibuya
Yasuyuki
Y
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. shibuya@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Takeuchi
Junichiro
J
Sakaguchi
Hiroya
H
Yokoo
Satoshi
S
Umeda
Masahiro
M
Komori
Takahide
T
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