The ''ancient'' variant of schwannomas is a rare subtype of a benign encapsulated neoplasm of nerve sheath. A review of current literature has revealed several reported sites but not in the hypopharynx. Here we report such a hypopharyngeal tumour arising in a 32 year old man, paying particular attention to the potential diagnostic difficulties.
Warthin-like papillary thyroid carcinoma, first described in 1995 by Aptel et al., is relatively uncommon variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) with about 81 cases reported in English literature to date
Warthins tumour is a benign neoplasm with a proliferative epithelial component of salivary gland epithelium and lymphoid stroma [1]. It is commonly found in the lower pole of the parotid gland,
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