Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy in the Maxilla

• Main Authors: Daniel Falbo Martins de Souza (Author), Daniel Isaac Sendyk (Author), Juliana Seo (Author), Eduardo Vasques da Fonseca (Author), Maria da Graça Naclério-Homem (Author), Maria Cristina Zindel Deboni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melanotic neuroectodermal tumors of infancy (MNTIs) are rare fast-growing tumors with high recurrence rates. These tumors, which originate in the neural crest, commonly occur in the anterior maxilla of children under the age of one. Here, we describe an MNTI case in a two-month-old girl with increas...