Benign tumors of neural origin .

  • Benign neoplasms originating from peripheral nerves or Schwann cells.
    Histologically, they are distinguished into neurofibromas and neurilemmomas or schwannomas.
  • Lesions that develop in the inferior alveolar nerve canal cause widening of the canal as they expand it’s cortical walls.
  • Most common symptoms are pain and swelling.
  • Usually is a unilocular radiolucency with well-defined borders (cyst-like radiolucency).
  • The adjacent teeth are vital and  root displacement or resorption may be apparent.
  • The lesions have the tendency of recurrence after inadequate surgery.

Differential Diagnosis

Case 1

A case of neurofibroma