title: Loss of lingual sensitivity and slightly increased size signaling schwannoma in a patient with mixed conjunctive tissue disease.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe an unusual case of a lingual schwannoma associated with a mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). A case report. A lingual schwannoma with loss of lingual sensitivity and slightly increased size in an 18-year-old patient with MCTD was correctly diagnosed through a biopsy and no reoccurrence was observed one year after the surgical removal of the tumor and sensitivity returned 3 months after surgery. This case was considered uncommon, making the clinical diagnosis challenging in view of the diversity of possibilities for its differential diagnosis, thus showing the importance of a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis and long term follow up in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Infecção hospitalar - IMPPG - UFRJ.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Cancio
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godefroy
authors.forename: D S C
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hespanhol
authors.forename: K R N
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: M A B
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: general health; oral pathology; oral surgery