[Schwannoma of the tongue].
BACKGROUND
Schwannoma, in the English literature mostly called neurilemmoma, are well known in the ear-nose-and-throat-medicine as benign tumors of the nerve-sheath, for example as neuroma of the acoustic nerve. They are seldom found at other peripheral nerves of the head. The localisation in the tongue has so far only been described in some individual cases.


METHODS
We present a case of a 28-year-old woman with a schwannoma of the tongue, measuring 4.0 x 2.2 x 3.2 cm. The case history and the radiological investigations suggested a malignant tumor. During the operation the lump revealed itself as being encapsulated. Under the histological examination it was discovered to be a Schwannoma.


CONCLUSIONS
We would like to add a further case of a schwannoma of the tongue to the so far published cases, thus allowing this possibility to be considered in general diagnosis.
Univ.-HNO-Klinik Witten-Herdecke am Marien-Hospital, Katholischen Krankenhaus gem GmbH Hagen.
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Budde
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Laubert
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005927:Glossectomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery