title: Neurilemmoma of Retromolar Region in the Oral Cavity.
abstract: Neurilemmoma also known as schwannoma is benign nerve sheath tumor rarely occurring in the oral cavity. Only 1% of all extracranial schwannomas show that intraoral occurrence with tongue is the commonest site and retromolar region is the least common site. It presents as encapsulated, slow growing, solitary, smooth-surfaced, usually asymptomatic tumor. We report a case of 70-year-old male with well-defined mass on left retromolar region which was painless and slow growing. Diagnosis is made by histological examination and immunohistochemistry analysis to confirm the neural tissue origin of the lesion. The treatment is complete surgical excision of the lesion without recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, I.T.S. Dental College, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201206, India.
authors.forename: Ajit Singh
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rathore
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, I.T.S. Dental College, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201206, India.
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, I.T.S. Dental College, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201206, India.
authors.forename: Nidhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, I.T.S. Dental College, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201206, India.
authors.forename: Devi Charan
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Shetty