title: Palatal schwannoma in an elderly woman.
abstract: Schwannoma also known as neurilemmoma is a benign tumour derived from schwann cells and is relatively rare in occurrence. Only 1% of the schwannomas in the head and neck region occur at intra-oral sites. Schwannomas usually occur during the third or fourth decades of life and the tongue is the most common intra-oral site. A case of intra-oral schwannoma in a 70-year-old female in the region of hard palate is described which is extremely rare.
authors: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. drshishirshettyomr@yahoo.com
authors: Shishir Ram
authors: SR
authors: Shetty
authors: Chandni
authors: C
authors: Mishra
authors: Pushparaj
authors: P
authors: Shetty
authors: Arshdeep
authors: A
authors: Kaur
authors: Subhas
authors: S
authors: Babu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000473:pathology; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis