DOI: 10.36347/sjds.2019.v06i04.005

Pages: 234-238

Neurofibromas are benign soft tissue tumours derived from nerve sheath. This article reports a case of solitary neurofibroma of gingiva in a 35yr old male patient. The lesion was round, well circumscribed, sessile, measuring 1x1 cm in size, colour matching the adjacent mucosa, involving the attached and interdental gingiva in relation to upper left lateral incisor and canine. No radiographic changes were noted. Excisional biopsy was performed. On histopathological examination, bundles of spindle shaped cells were observed along with nerve bundles, blood vessels and fibroblasts. A diagnosis of Neurofibroma was given. The patient was followed up for a year, with no recurrence. Clinicians should include neurofibroma in the differential diagnosis of discrete gingival overgrowths.