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A solitary huge neurofibroma of the soft palate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

R. Sinha
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, BS Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
R. Paul
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, BS Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
I. Sen
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, BS Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
B. Sikdar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, BS Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.

Abstract

Neurofibroma of the soft palate, an extremely rare tumour, is probably not yet reported in the literature. We report the first case of an isolated neurofibroma of the soft palate not associated with von Recklinghausen’s disease (VRD), which is also, probably, the first reported case of neurofibroma of the soft palate. The tumour was completely removed from the soft palate after performing tracheostomy, necessitated due to difficulties in intubation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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