title: [A rare case of schwannoma of the tongue].
abstract: Author described a rare case of lingual Schwannoma in 20 years old female. After complete surgical excision she has not shown recurrence during 2 years of follow-up. Schwannomas are peripheral nerve tumors of nerve sheath origin. Extracranial schwannoma in the head and neck region comprise 25-45% of all shwannomas, but only 1% are located intraoral and usually present as slow growing mass of long duration, producing few symptoms. The treatment is surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Otolaryngologii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. L. Rydygiera w Krakowie. lgrab@mixbox.pl
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grabowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome