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case_images: Patient with cutaneous neurofibroma
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case_images: F1
case_images: A 28-year-old male patient reported [Figure 1] with the chief complaint of a painless swelling in the right upper back tooth region since 3 years.
case_images: Cutaneous neurofibroma over the trunk
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case_images: F2
case_images: On general examination, multiple swellings all over the trunk region and arms were observed [Figure 2].
case_images: Patient's father with cutaneous neurofibroma
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case_images: F3
case_images: Family history revealed the patient's father [Figure 3] also had multiple swellings all over the body and face.
case_images: Gingival neurofibroma
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case_images: F4
case_images: Solitary well-defined oval shaped swelling [firm in consistency and nontender on palpation Figure 4] approximately 4 cm x 3 cm was present in the right maxillary posterior region extending from distal aspect of maxillary first premolar to mesial aspect of third molar.
case_images: H and E stained section of the lesion under, x40
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case_images: F5
case_images: The lesional area was separated from the overlying epithelium by mature fibrous connective tissue [Figure 5].