Solitary Non Syndromic Oral Plexiform Neurofibroma: a Case Report and Review of Literature

Mahalle, Aditi; GS Reddy, Mamatha; Kheur, Supriya Mohit; Bagul, Neta; Ingle, Yashwant

Solitary Non Syndromic Oral Plexiform Neurofibroma: a Case Report and Review of Literature

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Aditi Mahalle ¹

Mamatha GS Reddy ²

Supriya Mohit Kheur ³

Neta Bagul ⁴

Yashwant Ingle ⁵

¹ Lecturer, Dept. of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D.Y.Patil Dental College and Hospital DPU, pIMPRI, Pune, India.

² Reader, Dept. of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr.Y.Patil University’s, Dr. D.Y.Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India.

³ Professor and Head, Dept. of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, D.Y.Patil University’s, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India.

⁴ Professor, Dept. of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, D.Y.Patil University’s, Dr. D.Y.Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India.

⁵ Head of Dental Dept., Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India.

Abstract

In oral cavity neurogenic tumors are rare, especially if they are malignant. Neurofibromas are the benign tumors of nerve sheath origin involving multiple nerve fascicles of the smaller branches of peripheral nerves. They may present as solitary lesions or as a part of generalized syndrome of neurofibromatosis also known as von Recklinghausen’s disease (VRD) or very rarely as multiple neurofibromas without VRD. Oral solitary neurofibromas are not uncommon, but histologically plexiform variant is a rare form. This article describes a case of oral solitary plexiform neurofibroma with a review of literature. Keywords ● Neurofibroma ● Neurofibromatosis-1 ● Plexiform ● Solitary ● Oral cavity