Neurothekeoma of Gingiva in a Pediatric Patient: Report of a Case and Literature Review

摘要

Nerve sheath myxoma (NSM) or neurothekeoma (NTK) is an uncommon benign tumor of nerve sheath origin. On the basis of th e a mo u nt o f my xoi d c o n te n t i t i s c la ss ifi e d i nt o cl a ssi ca l , mi xe d and cellular variants. Among the 41 reported intraoral cases only six cases have been previously reported in the pedia tric age group patients. Out of these six none of the case has been reported in the gingiva. We report a first case of gingival neurothekeoma in an 11-year-old child which was provisionally diagnosed as pyogenic granuloma. We also review the oral neurothekeoma in pediatric age group patients and discuss the histopathological provisional diagnosis.