title: Schwannoma with secondary erosion of mandible: case report with a review of the literature.
abstract: Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) is a common, histologically distinctive, benign, usually encapsulated, peripheral nerve tumour of Schwann cell origin. We report a case of schwannoma arising from soft tissue near the mandible. A 53-year-old female presented at our department with painless swelling of lingual mucosa of the mandible. The first molar was extracted 20 months before. Panoramic radiograph showed a suspected residual cyst. It was impossible to determine prior to surgery whether this was a peripheral nerve sheath tumour. The lesion was completely removed; the tumour appears to have originated in soft tissue and caused secondary erosion of the mandible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenue G. Suska 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baranović
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macan
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Begović
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luksic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brajdić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manojlović
mesh_terms: D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications*