Subcutaneous Schwannoma in the Head Region

Schwannoma is a benign neural tumor derived from Schwann cells surrounding the nerves. It occurs primarily in subcutaneous tissues and muscles with a tendency for distal extremities, head, and neck area. Treatment of schwannoma is surgical excision. Lipomas are the most common soft-tissue lesions. A...

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Autores principales: Eroglu, Umit, Yakar, Fatih, Zaimoglu, Murat, Sayaci, Emre, Ozgural, Onur, Dogan, İhsan, Ugur, Hasan Caglar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492133
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.185064
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author Eroglu, Umit
Yakar, Fatih
Zaimoglu, Murat
Sayaci, Emre
Ozgural, Onur
Dogan, İhsan
Ugur, Hasan Caglar
author_facet Eroglu, Umit
Yakar, Fatih
Zaimoglu, Murat
Sayaci, Emre
Ozgural, Onur
Dogan, İhsan
Ugur, Hasan Caglar
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description Schwannoma is a benign neural tumor derived from Schwann cells surrounding the nerves. It occurs primarily in subcutaneous tissues and muscles with a tendency for distal extremities, head, and neck area. Treatment of schwannoma is surgical excision. Lipomas are the most common soft-tissue lesions. A case is presented to increase awareness on differential diagnosis of head and neck subcutaneous masses.
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spelling pubmed-58209082018-02-28 Subcutaneous Schwannoma in the Head Region Eroglu, Umit Yakar, Fatih Zaimoglu, Murat Sayaci, Emre Ozgural, Onur Dogan, İhsan Ugur, Hasan Caglar Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Schwannoma is a benign neural tumor derived from Schwann cells surrounding the nerves. It occurs primarily in subcutaneous tissues and muscles with a tendency for distal extremities, head, and neck area. Treatment of schwannoma is surgical excision. Lipomas are the most common soft-tissue lesions. A case is presented to increase awareness on differential diagnosis of head and neck subcutaneous masses. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5820908/ /pubmed/29492133 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.185064 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Eroglu, Umit
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Ozgural, Onur
Dogan, İhsan
Ugur, Hasan Caglar
Subcutaneous Schwannoma in the Head Region
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title_short Subcutaneous Schwannoma in the Head Region
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492133
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.185064
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