Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in the Mandible

Yuka Uchiyama, Tetsuro Sumi, Keisuke Marutani, Hiroo Takaoka, Shumei Murakami, Hiroyasu Kameyama, Yoshiaki Yura

Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery 2018 8(1):121-123

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) was first described in 1882 as a hamartomatous disorder of neural crest derivation. We present the imaging of a 65-year-old woman with NF1. Computed tomography revealed that there were three major findings presented: skeletal deformity, an area of fat (probably related to mesodermal dysplasia), and benign neoplasm within the masticator space. Moreover, masticatory muscles were hypoplastic.

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