title: Schwannoma of the posterior pharyngeal wall.
abstract: Schwannoma arising from the posterior pharyngeal wall is extremely rare. We report a 24-year-old female patient who had suffered from dysphagia and discomfort for two months. The tumour was excised completely via the intraoral approach. No recurrence was found after the follow-up period of one year. To our knowledge, only four cases of schwannomas from the posterior pharyngeal wall have been reported, and this patient is the fifth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Taitung Branch Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yi-Shing
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Leu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery