Volume 18, Number 4, December 2006
| | Rapidly Growing Gingival Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour with Lung and Liver Metastases |
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Jun-Young Paeng,1 Hae-Seok Jeong,1 Ji-Joon Lim,2 Sam-Pyo Hong,2 Myung-Jin Kim1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and 2Department of Oral Pathology,
Dental Research Institute, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Abstract
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour in the oral cavity is extremely rare. We report a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour on the maxillary gingiva without evidence of neurofibromatosis. A 54-year-old woman presented with a soft, non-tender mass without ulceration on her maxillary gingiva. The patient did not have signs of neurofibromatosis type 1. A partial maxillectomy with a wide resection margin was performed. Four months after presentation, local recurrence as well as lung and liver metastases were found.
Key words: Gingiva, Liver, Lung, Neoplasm metastasis, Nerve sheath neoplasms
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006;18:286-291.
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