Open AccessSchwannoma trigeminal maxilar. Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura
Author(s) -
Alejandro Jacob Madrid-Sánchez,
Carlos Castillo-Rangel,
Myriam Leticia Contreras-Ayala,
Edgardo Ruiz-García,
Ana Karen Castillo-Castro,
Ricardo Ramírez-Aguilar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cirugía y cirujanos
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2444-054X
pISSN - 0009-7411
DOI - 10.1016/j.circir.2016.11.008
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , lesion , trigeminal nerve , surgery
Schwannomas are benign tumours that are relatively common in the head, however the involvement of the sinunasal region is rare and there are only 5 cases reported in the maxilla in current literature, representing less than 1% of bone tumours.