上顎口蓋部에 發生한 神經纖維腫의 治驗例

A Case Report of the Surgical Treatment of Neurofibroma on Palate

The neurofiroma, a kind of benign tumor originate from nerve tissue and especially from Schwann s sheath, occurred systemically in general and solitarily on skin or oral mu cosa uncommonly. When occurred systemically, they are called the neurofibromatosis. The neurofibromatosis characteristically shows nodules of various parts of body and Cafe au lait spots. The incidence of the neurofibroma occurring intraorally have been reported very low in comparison with that of skin and higher incidence in male part and younger part, however, the relation with heredity have been reported bymajority of researchers. This 9- year old male patient shows the clinical findings include neurofibroma on palate of maxilla, Cafe au lait spots on whole body and slight submentality, was treat ed by means of surgical excision. Consequently we have considered result was good.