Ancient schwannoma of the parotid gland: a case report and review of the literature.
Schwannomas are encapsulated benign tumours arising from nerve sheath cells, of which ancient schwannoma is one of five variants. Since the first description, only a few ancient schwannomas have been reported in different locations in the head and neck region. In the parotid gland, this tumour is very rare. In this report, a 41-year-old female patient with an ancient schwannoma of the parotid gland is presented and the data of this patient compared with other (comparable) cases described in the literature.
Bayindir
Tuba
T
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Inonu University, School of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya 44069, Turkey.
Kalcioglu
M Tayyar
MT
Kizilay
Ahmet
A
Karadag
Nese
N
Akarcay
Mustafa
M
D000328:Adult; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis
D009418:S100 Proteins