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Tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation

Schwannomas are slow growing, encapsulated neoplasms that arise from the nerve sheath. A vast majority of these benign neoplasms occur in the head and neck region, most commonly involving the 8th cranial nerve. Schwannomas arising from the base of tongue are very rare and, thus, can easily escape th...

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Autores principales: Badar, Zain, Farooq, Zerwa, Zaccarini, Daniel, Ezhapilli, Sajeev R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5128565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.10.001
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author Badar, Zain
Farooq, Zerwa
Zaccarini, Daniel
Ezhapilli, Sajeev R.
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description Schwannomas are slow growing, encapsulated neoplasms that arise from the nerve sheath. A vast majority of these benign neoplasms occur in the head and neck region, most commonly involving the 8th cranial nerve. Schwannomas arising from the base of tongue are very rare and, thus, can easily escape the list of differential diagnosis for a posterior tongue mass. A systematic approach is recommended for diagnosis of a posterior tongue mass, with neoplastic, infectious, and congenital categories. We report a case of a 24-year-old female, who presented with pressure sensation in the throat. On imaging, she was found to have a mass in the right posterior tongue with follow-up biopsy results yielding a schwannoma. Characteristic imaging features for various possible etiologies of a posterior tongue mass are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-51285652016-12-05 Tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation Badar, Zain Farooq, Zerwa Zaccarini, Daniel Ezhapilli, Sajeev R. Radiol Case Rep Case Report Schwannomas are slow growing, encapsulated neoplasms that arise from the nerve sheath. A vast majority of these benign neoplasms occur in the head and neck region, most commonly involving the 8th cranial nerve. Schwannomas arising from the base of tongue are very rare and, thus, can easily escape the list of differential diagnosis for a posterior tongue mass. A systematic approach is recommended for diagnosis of a posterior tongue mass, with neoplastic, infectious, and congenital categories. We report a case of a 24-year-old female, who presented with pressure sensation in the throat. On imaging, she was found to have a mass in the right posterior tongue with follow-up biopsy results yielding a schwannoma. Characteristic imaging features for various possible etiologies of a posterior tongue mass are also discussed. Elsevier 2016-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5128565/ /pubmed/27920856 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.10.001 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Zaccarini, Daniel
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Tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation
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title_full Tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation
title_fullStr Tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation
title_full_unstemmed Tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation
title_short Tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation
title_sort tongue base schwannoma: differential diagnosis and imaging features with a case presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5128565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.10.001
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