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Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult
Joint Authors
Omura, Ken
Matsumoto, Koshi
Sato, Yuriko
Ishii, Yoshimasa
Harada, Hiroyuki
Kudoh, Masanori
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-08-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The patient was an 84-year-old man who was referred to our hospital in mid-December 2012 for a close examination of a mass arising from the left side of the hard palate that was found by a local dentist.
The initial examination revealed the presence of a 3.0-cm elastic soft, dome-shaped mass in the left hard palate.
CE-CT showed a lesion of size 1.8 × 1.4 cm in the right hard palate, which extended upward and invaded the nasal cavity.
The mass was a solid tumor associated with resorption of surrounding bone and expansion of the greater palatine canal.
CE-MRI indicated that the mass extended upward and invaded the nasal cavity, and the mass showed hypointensity on T1-weighted images, hyperintensity on T2-weighted images, and an irregular margin with internal enhancement.
Abnormal uptake of FDG on PET-CT (SUVmax = 5.2) was observed in the left hard palate.
The biopsy site lesion rapidly increased in size and biopsy was performed again in January 2013 due to suspicion of a malignant tumor.
The histopathological diagnosis was a suspected malignant neurogenic tumor.
Therefore, the patient underwent partial maxillectomy and a split-thickness skin graft in late February 2013.
No recurrence was noted 29 months after the operation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kudoh, Masanori& Harada, Hiroyuki& Matsumoto, Koshi& Sato, Yuriko& Omura, Ken& Ishii, Yoshimasa. 2015. Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060105
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kudoh, Masanori…[et al.]. Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060105
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kudoh, Masanori& Harada, Hiroyuki& Matsumoto, Koshi& Sato, Yuriko& Omura, Ken& Ishii, Yoshimasa. Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult. Case Reports in Surgery. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060105
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1060105