[Lingual schwannoma].
Schwannomas are benign, slow growing, solitary and encapsulated neuroectodermal tumors arising from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath. Twenty-five percent of all extracranial schwannomas are seen in the head and neck region. Intra-oral schwannomas are rare and commonly seen at the tongue base. In this article, a 20-year-old female case with lingual schwannoma as a rare clinical condition and characteristics of the disease were summarized in the lights of the literature.
Department of Otolaryngology, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram Medical Faculty, 42100 Meram, Konya, Turkey. chanulku@yahoo.com.
Cağatay Han
CH
Ulkü
Hilal
H
Demir
Huri Sultan
HS
Yeşildemir
Hasan
H
Esen
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult