A diffuse traumatic neuroma in the palate: a case report

Table 1 Clinical and histopathological differential diagnosis of traumatic neuroma versus other neurogenic tumors

	Clinical features	Histopathological features
Traumatic neuroma	Symptomatic (anesthesia, dysesthesia, and pain), solitary	Many nerve bundles, fibrous connective tissue background containing inflammatory cells
Mucosal neuroma	Asymptomatic, typically multiple, associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B	Many nerve bundles, normal or loose fibrous connective tissue background without inflammatory cells
Neurofibroma	Asymptomatic, solitary, or multiple	Nuclei with wavy or serpiginous prolife, fibrous connective tissue background containing mast cells
Palisading neuroma	Asymptomatic, solitary	Circumscribe, spindle cells showing palisading arrangement
Neurovascular hamartoma	Asymptomatic, solitary	Many nerve bundles containing vessels, fibrous connective tissue background without inflammatory cells

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