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Oral traumatic neuroma with mature ganglion cells: A case report and review of the literature
- Source :
- Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology : JOMFP
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Medknow Publications, 2009.
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Abstract
- Traumatic neuromas are characterized by the presence of pain, burning, or paresthesia, associated with a history of trauma, normally surgery, in the same site. In the oral cavity, the most commonly affected sites are the lip, tongue, and mental nerve area. Pressure on the suspected area usually provokes pain. They microscopically consist of a proliferation of nerve fascicles embedded in a background of collagen. We present a case of a 42-year-old Latin American female patient complaining of a painful solitary nodule erupting on the lingual surface of the mandibular body. Histopathological analysis showed a traumatic neuroma associated with mature ganglion cells, which is an extremely unusual finding. After complete removal of the lesion the symptoms disappeared. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a unique lesion with unusual clinical and histopathological features reported in the English language literature.
- Subjects :
- Solitary pulmonary nodule
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
business.industry
Case Report
Anatomy
Traumatic neuroma
medicine.disease
Mental nerve
ganglion cells
pseudoganglioneuroma
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Ganglion
Lesion
oral
medicine.anatomical_structure
Otorhinolaryngology
Mandibular body
Tongue
medicine
Histopathology
medicine.symptom
business
General Dentistry
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1998393X and 0973029X
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology : JOMFP
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0145c21c357fb463e8dc515d0cc4fba7