Hemifacial mass with extensive intralesional ossification and fat

Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2012 Jul;41(5):436-9. doi: 10.1259/dmfr/28313752. Epub 2011 Nov 24.

Abstract

The imaging appearance of neurofibromas is well described; however, macroscopic fat in a neurofibroma has been sparsely reported and intralesional ossification has only been documented twice in the literature. We describe a diffuse neurofibroma presenting as a hemifacial mass, atypical for the presence of extensive intralesional ossification and fat; the diagnosis was suggested on identification of other associated radiological features of neurofibromatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / pathology*
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / etiology
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / pathology*
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurofibroma / complications
  • Neurofibroma / diagnosis*
  • Skull Neoplasms / complications
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Young Adult