Schwannoma of the tongue—A common tumour in a rare location: A case report

Schwannoma is a benign tumour that arises from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheath, and is a common tumour of the head and neck. However, intraoral location is very uncommon (only 1% of all head and neck schwannomas). We report a rare case of lingual schwannoma in a 20-year-old male patient...

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Autores principales: Abreu, Ines, Roriz, Diogo, Rodrigues, Pedro, Moreira, Ângela, Marques, Cristina, Alves, Filipe Caseiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28203620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2017.01.002
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author Abreu, Ines
Roriz, Diogo
Rodrigues, Pedro
Moreira, Ângela
Marques, Cristina
Alves, Filipe Caseiro
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description Schwannoma is a benign tumour that arises from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheath, and is a common tumour of the head and neck. However, intraoral location is very uncommon (only 1% of all head and neck schwannomas). We report a rare case of lingual schwannoma in a 20-year-old male patient who presented with a small, slow-growing mass over the right lateral border of the tongue with 1 year of evolution and that became recently ulcerated. The patient underwent MRI examination and complete surgical excision. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination confirmed the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-52926512017-02-15 Schwannoma of the tongue—A common tumour in a rare location: A case report Abreu, Ines Roriz, Diogo Rodrigues, Pedro Moreira, Ângela Marques, Cristina Alves, Filipe Caseiro Eur J Radiol Open Article Schwannoma is a benign tumour that arises from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheath, and is a common tumour of the head and neck. However, intraoral location is very uncommon (only 1% of all head and neck schwannomas). We report a rare case of lingual schwannoma in a 20-year-old male patient who presented with a small, slow-growing mass over the right lateral border of the tongue with 1 year of evolution and that became recently ulcerated. The patient underwent MRI examination and complete surgical excision. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination confirmed the diagnosis. Elsevier 2017-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5292651/ /pubmed/28203620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2017.01.002 Text en © 2017 The Author(s) 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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title Schwannoma of the tongue—A common tumour in a rare location: A case report
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title_short Schwannoma of the tongue—A common tumour in a rare location: A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5292651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28203620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2017.01.002
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