A rare case of palatal schwannoma with literature review

Schwannoma or neurilemmoma is a benign, slow-growing nerve sheath tumor arising from Schwann cells of the cranial, peripheral or autonomic nerves. Approximately 25%–40% of schwannomas occur in the head and neck region. Occurrences of intraoral schwannomas are rare with reported prevalence being 1%....

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Autores principales: Aswath, Nalini, Manigandan, T, Sankari, S Leena, Yogesh, Lakshanika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30967721
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_242_16
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author Aswath, Nalini
Manigandan, T
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description Schwannoma or neurilemmoma is a benign, slow-growing nerve sheath tumor arising from Schwann cells of the cranial, peripheral or autonomic nerves. Approximately 25%–40% of schwannomas occur in the head and neck region. Occurrences of intraoral schwannomas are rare with reported prevalence being 1%. Intraorally, schwannomas occur in the tongue, palate, buccal mucosa, lips and gingiva. This article provides an insight into a rare case of palatal schwannoma with literature review.
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spelling pubmed-64219142019-04-09 A rare case of palatal schwannoma with literature review Aswath, Nalini Manigandan, T Sankari, S Leena Yogesh, Lakshanika J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Schwannoma or neurilemmoma is a benign, slow-growing nerve sheath tumor arising from Schwann cells of the cranial, peripheral or autonomic nerves. Approximately 25%–40% of schwannomas occur in the head and neck region. Occurrences of intraoral schwannomas are rare with reported prevalence being 1%. Intraorally, schwannomas occur in the tongue, palate, buccal mucosa, lips and gingiva. This article provides an insight into a rare case of palatal schwannoma with literature review. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6421914/ /pubmed/30967721 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_242_16 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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