Lingual Schwannoma Involving The Posterior Lateral Border Of The Tongue In A Young Individual: Case Report
| Autor: | Paulo Roberto Dominguete, Alessandro Antônio Costa Pereira, João de Paula dos Santos, Luciano José Pereira, Patrícia Péres Iucif Pereira, Viator Ferreira Reis Filho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Schwannoma Lesion Tongue Biopsy medicine Humans Local anesthesia Tongue Neoplasm Child medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Nodule (medicine) General Medicine Anatomy medicine.disease Tongue Neoplasms Lateral border Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure medicine.symptom business Neurilemmoma |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 33:59-62 |
| ISSN: | 1557-5268 1053-4628 |
| DOI: | 10.17796/jcpd.33.1.h131208u28306576 |
| Popis: | A schwannoma, also called neurilemmoma, is a benign, encapsulated, slow growing tumor, arising from the neural sheath's Schwann cells of the peripheral, cranial or autonomic nerves. The etiology is unknown, there is no gender preference and the tumors occur most commonly between the ages of 20 and 50 years. Approximately 25–48 % of these tumors occur in the head and neck region, with only 1% occurring in the mouth. The current case reports a schwannoma of the tongue, found in a 12 year-old boy. The lesion was present for 6 months. The clinical examination revealed a 1.5x1.0 cm, sessile, rubbery, non-tender, non-ulcerated mass on the right posterior lateral border of the tongue. An excisional biopsy was performed under local anesthesia. The histological sections showed a circumscribed submucosal nodule composed of spindle cells with thin wavy nuclei arranged as typical Antoni A (with Verocay bodies) and Antoni B areas. Nuclear palisading distribution (typical of a schwannoma) was readily identifiable. The patient was recurrence free after one year. |
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