Indian Journal of Mednodent and Allied Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour– A Rare Malignancy in Mandible

  • Author:
  • E. Varun Kumar1, D. Praveen2, Koteshwar Rao3, Praveen Kumar4, Mahesh Nirugoji5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 44 to 48

1Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Greater Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolu, Srikakulam-530001, Andhra Pradesh, India

2Junior Resident and Admintrator, Department of Dentistry, Greater Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolu, Srikakulam-530001, Andhra Pradesh, India

3Junior Resident, Department of Dentistry, Greater Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolu, Srikakulam-530001, Andhra Pradesh, India

4Post Graduate Student, Department of Dentistry, Greater Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Ragolu, Srikakulam-530001, Andhra Pradesh, India

5Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology, GITAM's Dental College, Vishakaptnam

Online published on 3 August, 2016.

Abstract

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) is biologically an aggressive tumour that is usually found in the extremities, trunk and infrequently found in the head and neck area, particularly in the jaws, arising from the cells associated with nerve sheath. MPNST of the mandible is a very uncommon tumour that develops either from a pre-existing neurofibroma orde novo. Because of the greater variability from one case to the next in overall appearance both clinically and histologically, a case of MPNST of the mandible in 25-year-old female patient is reported.

Keywords

Mandible, Neurofibrosarcoma, Immunohistochemistry, MPNST, Malignant mesenchymal tumours