Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in the Mandible
Open Access
- 1 January 2018
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Medknow in Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery
- Vol. 8 (1), 121-123
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ams.ams_135_17
Abstract
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) was first described in 1882 as a hamartomatous disorder of neural crest derivation. We present the imaging of a 65-year-old woman with NF1. Computed tomography revealed that there were three major findings presented: skeletal deformity, an area of fat (probably related to mesodermal dysplasia), and benign neoplasm within the masticator space. Moreover, masticatory muscles were hypoplastic.Keywords
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