Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge

Shwannoma, a benign neurogenic neoplasm consisting of schwann cells is a slow growing solitarily found pathology. We present a case of shwannoma in a 14 year old girl and its identifying features which can be a diagnostic challenge owing to its similarity with many lesions. The patient visited our c...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Suhael, Al Dayel, Omar, Tabassum, Nafeesa, Al Qanabr, Maryam H, Ali, Hassan Abu, Mathekor, Nada, Albannawi, Gafran A, Al Taqi, Fatemah Z, Al Shehri, Asma H, Shaker, Sarah M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7266180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32509691
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1142_19
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author Ahmed, Suhael
Al Dayel, Omar
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Al Qanabr, Maryam H
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Mathekor, Nada
Albannawi, Gafran A
Al Taqi, Fatemah Z
Al Shehri, Asma H
Shaker, Sarah M
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Al Dayel, Omar
Tabassum, Nafeesa
Al Qanabr, Maryam H
Ali, Hassan Abu
Mathekor, Nada
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Al Shehri, Asma H
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description Shwannoma, a benign neurogenic neoplasm consisting of schwann cells is a slow growing solitarily found pathology. We present a case of shwannoma in a 14 year old girl and its identifying features which can be a diagnostic challenge owing to its similarity with many lesions. The patient visited our center with a nodular growth on her tongue. Transoral excision was performed and pathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma.
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spelling pubmed-72661802020-06-04 Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge Ahmed, Suhael Al Dayel, Omar Tabassum, Nafeesa Al Qanabr, Maryam H Ali, Hassan Abu Mathekor, Nada Albannawi, Gafran A Al Taqi, Fatemah Z Al Shehri, Asma H Shaker, Sarah M J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Shwannoma, a benign neurogenic neoplasm consisting of schwann cells is a slow growing solitarily found pathology. We present a case of shwannoma in a 14 year old girl and its identifying features which can be a diagnostic challenge owing to its similarity with many lesions. The patient visited our center with a nodular growth on her tongue. Transoral excision was performed and pathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7266180/ /pubmed/32509691 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1142_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 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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Al Dayel, Omar
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Al Qanabr, Maryam H
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Albannawi, Gafran A
Al Taqi, Fatemah Z
Al Shehri, Asma H
Shaker, Sarah M
Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge
title Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge
title_full Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge
title_fullStr Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge
title_full_unstemmed Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge
title_short Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- A diagnostic challenge
title_sort lingual schwannoma in an adolescent girl- a diagnostic challenge
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1142_19
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