[Lingual schwannoma]

Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. 2014 Mar-Apr;24(2):97-9. doi: 10.5606/kbbihtisas.2014.79346.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Schwannomas are benign, slow growing, solitary and encapsulated neuroectodermal tumors arising from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath. Twenty-five percent of all extracranial schwannomas are seen in the head and neck region. Intra-oral schwannomas are rare and commonly seen at the tongue base. In this article, a 20-year-old female case with lingual schwannoma as a rare clinical condition and characteristics of the disease were summarized in the lights of the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neurilemmoma / diagnosis*
  • Neurilemmoma / pathology
  • Neurilemmoma / surgery
  • Tongue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Tongue Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tongue Neoplasms / surgery
  • Young Adult