title: Schwannoma of the palatine tonsil.
abstract: Schwannomas can originate in any peripheral, autonomic, or cranial nerve except the olfactory and optic nerves. Between 25 and 48% of all schwannomas have been reported to arise in the head and neck, with the acoustic nerve being the most common site of origin there. Schwannomas of the palatine tonsil are rare; as far as we know, only 6 such cases have been previously reported in the literature; 5 of these 6 occurred in adults and the other in an adolescent. We report a new case in a 42-year-old woman, which was diagnosed on the basis of histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT-Head and Neck Surgery, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Neena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Natesh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery