title: Ancient schwannoma of the tongue: a case report.
abstract: A 45-year-old male patient had left sided submucosal swelling extending backwards from the tip of the tongue disturbing articulation and swallowing. Submucosally located lesion was 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm in size and totally excised under local anesthesia. In this article, we present a case of ancient schwannoma of tongue. Although a very rare entity, ancient schwannoma should be considered in differential diagnosis of tongue lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, İstanbul Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. suatbilici@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilici
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akpınar
authors.forename: Ozgür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yiğit
authors.forename: Feray
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Günver
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery