Extra-osseous solitary hard palate neurofibroma.

The neurofibroma (NF) is a benign tumor of the peripheral nerve sheath that rarely affects the head and neck. However, among neural lesions, this is the one that most frequently affects this region. The NF can be intra or extra-osseous, alone or multiple (associated with type I neurofibromatosis). The most common extra-osseous mouth NF locations are tongue, oral mucosa and lips. In the literature we found two well-documented cases of solitary extra-osseous NF in the hard palate.