[Jaw muscle tumors].

Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac

Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale et stomatologie, hôpital Adulte de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris 6, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France.

Published: December 2009

Muscular tumors are rare. They hardly ever present in jaws. Rhabdomyoma have never been reported in this localization. Clinical and radiological features are non-specific. The diagnosis is based on histopathological features. It is difficult to make for leiomyosarcoma. Surgical excision is the recommended treatment, conservative for leiomyoma, radical for other malignant tumors. Rhabdomyosarcoma has a good prognosis unlike leiomyosarcoma.

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