[Neural jaw tumors].
Neural tumors occurring in the jaw are neurofibroma and schwannoma, and more rarely ganglioneuroma. Pterionic meningioma are extremely rare. Schwannoma, or neurinoma are formed along the cranial nerve pathway, exclusively from axonal sheath Schwann cells. Neurofibroma are due to the proliferation of several cell types. When identified, screening for type I neurofibromatosis is mandatory. Surgery is the only treatment for facial neural tumors. Functional and esthetic issues are common. Recurrence and malignant transformation are severe complications of neurofibroma.
Khonsari
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Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale et stomatologie, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France. roman.khonsari@kcl.ac.uk <roman.khonsari@kcl.ac.uk>
Lepourry
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D'Hauthuille
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D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004954:Esthetics; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D009380:Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis