title: Schwannoma of the oral tongue.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a rare, benign lesion of the oral tongue and its treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case presentation and literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 68 year old male presented with an asymptomatic lateral oral tongue lesion which had been present for several years. Fine needle aspiration was consistent with pleomorphic adenoma versus myoepithelioma. Pathology following complete surgical excision revealed schwannoma. He remains without recurrence following excision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral tongue schwannoma is a rare lesion which is treated with complete surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Health Care, Mississippi, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Jeffcoat
authors.forename: Karen T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Pitman
authors.forename: Alexandra S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Mithra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baliga
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery