作者: Rafaela Elvira Rozza-de-Menezes , Raquel Machado Andrade , Mônica Simões Israel , Karin Soares Gonçalves Cunha
DOI: 10.1002/HED.23361
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摘要: Background Oral nerve sheath myxoma (NSM) is an uncommon benign neoplasm with Schwann-cell origin, which frequently mistaken for neurothekeoma. We report a case of NSM on the buccal mucosa in 42-year-old woman. This compared previously reported cases and systematic review performed. Methods Results We conducted oral considered true NSMs. A literature search was performed using PubMed, Lilacs, Scielo, Cochrane, SciVerse Scopus, Web Science, Embase electronic database. Twenty-five were included review. Conclusion Oral rare may represent diagnostic challenge pathologists. To confirm diagnosis NSM, evaluation S-100 protein expression or other neural marker essential. The use terms neurothekeoma as synonymous variants same tumor should be avoided, because they are clearly distinct lesions. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 35: E397–E404,