Schwannoma with an Uncommon Upper Lip Location and Literature Review

Schwannomas are usually single, encapsulated, and benign tumors of the nerve sheath that arise from the perineural Schwann cells. Schwannomas are mostly seen in the fourth decade. Despite its location in the head and neck region is 25–45%, lip location of schwannoma are very rare. We present a case...

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Autores principales: Bayindir, Tuba, Kalcioglu, M. Tayyar, Cicek, Mehmet T., Karadag, Nese, Karaman, Abdurrahman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/363049
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author Bayindir, Tuba
Kalcioglu, M. Tayyar
Cicek, Mehmet T.
Karadag, Nese
Karaman, Abdurrahman
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description Schwannomas are usually single, encapsulated, and benign tumors of the nerve sheath that arise from the perineural Schwann cells. Schwannomas are mostly seen in the fourth decade. Despite its location in the head and neck region is 25–45%, lip location of schwannoma are very rare. We present a case of a upper lip schwannoma in the pediatric age and review the literature.
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spelling pubmed-36003202013-03-26 Schwannoma with an Uncommon Upper Lip Location and Literature Review Bayindir, Tuba Kalcioglu, M. Tayyar Cicek, Mehmet T. Karadag, Nese Karaman, Abdurrahman Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Schwannomas are usually single, encapsulated, and benign tumors of the nerve sheath that arise from the perineural Schwann cells. Schwannomas are mostly seen in the fourth decade. Despite its location in the head and neck region is 25–45%, lip location of schwannoma are very rare. We present a case of a upper lip schwannoma in the pediatric age and review the literature. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3600320/ /pubmed/23533887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/363049 Text en Copyright © 2013 Tuba Bayindir et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Schwannoma with an Uncommon Upper Lip Location and Literature Review
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