Myofibroma of the mandible.

This article is reporting a case of myofibroma involving the mandible of a 12-year-old boy. The patient did not have any swelling nor any redness but of partial mental nerve hypoesthesia. A panoramic radiograph demonstrated a globe like radiolucent lesion in the left angle of the mandible that was an increased uptake spot by FDG-PET. Incisional biopsies indicated myofibroma, therefore the tumor was totally resected under general anesthesia. After surgery there was no complication except for a change for the worse of unilateral mental nerve hypoesthesia. At 29 months postoperative, no evidence of recurrence could be found.