THIS CASE REPORT PRESENTS A 63-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT WHO INITIALLY
PRESENTED WITH A GRADUALLY ENLARGING, SMOOTH-WALLED, FIRM, TENDER,
FLESHY MASS AT THE LEFT MANDIBULAR ALVEOLAR AREA, WITH AN INITIAL
HISTOPATHOLOGY OF NEUROFIBROMA. AFTER BIOPSY, THE MASS RAPIDLY INCREASED
IN SIZE, NEARLY OBSTRUCTING ORAL CAVITY OPENING, RESULTING TO
DIFFICULTIES IN SWALLOWING AND BREATHING. PATIENT UNDERWENT A SERIES OF
SURGERIES AND BIOPSIES DUE TO PRECIPITOUSLY RECURRING MASS. ON FINAL
HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EXAMINATION, THE CASE WAS
SIGNED OUT AS LEIOMYOSARCOMA. LEIOMYOSARCOMA IN THE MANDIBLE IS
EXTREMELY RARE AND THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT CASES REPORTED IN LITERATURE,
RESULTING TO SIGNIFICANT DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE IN
CLINICAL PRACTICE. THE FINDINGS IN THIS CASE REPORT MAY EXPAND OUR
KNOWLEDGE AND DIRECT OUR DECISION-MAKING TO IMPROVE THE DIAGNOSIS AND
MANAGEMENT OF A RECURRENT, UNILATERAL MASS IN THE MANDIBLE. |