title: Ancient schwannoma of the parotid gland: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Inonu University, School of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya 44069, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bayindir
authors.forename: M Tayyar
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kalcioglu
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kizilay
authors.forename: Nese
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karadag
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akarcay
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins