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A traumatic neuroma is an uncommon pseudotumor associated with peripheral nerves and occurs following surgery or trauma. It mostly occurs in the extraosseous soft tissue; traumatic neuromas of intraosseous origin are extremely rare. We herein report an unusual case of an intraosseous traumatic neuroma associated with the inferior alveolar nerve that was incidentally found on a panoramic image. In this report, we place special emphasis on the imaging features of traumatic neuroma, including the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
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Supak Ngamsom, Shin Nakamura, Yuji Kabasawa, Hiroyuki Harada, Rei Tohyama, and Tohru Kurabayashi declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Ngamsom, S., Nakamura, S., Kabasawa, Y. et al. Imaging findings of intraosseous traumatic neuroma of the mandible. Oral Radiol 34, 257–261 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11282-017-0286-8
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