[Primary malignant schwannoma of the buccal branch of facial nerve].
BACKGROUND
Primary malignant schwannomas are rare neoplasms of nerve sheath origin, especially in the location of the head and neck where few cases are described in the literature.


METHODS
We report the case of a 65-year-old male diagnosed with malignant schwannoma in the left cheek. The patient underwent surgery with wide local excision, reconstruction were made later by skin graft.


CONCLUSIONS
The treatment of choice is radical excision of the lesion with wide margins. In fact, to reduce local tumor recurrence, the use of adjuvant radiation or chemotherapy is still controversial.
Moumine
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Service de stomatologie chirurgie maxillofaciale et de chirurgie plastique, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco. mmoumine@yahoo.com
Thiery
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G
Harroudi
T
T
Amrani
M
M
El Othmany
A
A
Rzin
A
A
D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002610:Cheek / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008940:Mitotic Index; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D016038:Skin Transplantation
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009418:S100 Proteins