Lingual schwannoma

Abstract

Schwannomas or neurilemmomas are benign, slow growing, usually solitary and encapsulated tumor, originating from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath. Intraoral schwannoma accounts for 1% of head and neck region and are commonly seen at the base region of tongue. Most of the few such reports in the literature, have described schwannomas that occurred in the tongue. In this article, we report a rare case of lingual schwannoma involving the anterior of tongue, in a young individual, in whom the lesion was completely excised via an intra oral approach.

Ancient Schwannoma of the tongue

“…The tumor can be seen associated with Von Recklinghausen's disease. [8] Intraoral Schwannomas account to about 1-2% of all head and neck tumors. It can present at any age, however, most often presents at second to the fifth decade of life with no sex predilection.…”

“…In our case, the tumor was large in size located on the tongue, and there was a disturbance in phonation. [8] Considering the above-mentioned features, neurofibroma, traumatic neuroma of long standing duration, fibroma, lipoma, fibrolipoma, rhabdomyoma, and leiomyoma can be considered in the differential diagnosis. In some cases, squamous cell carcinoma, sarcomas, and glandular malignant processes may present with similar clinical features.…”

Schwannoma of the tongue in a child

“…A schwannoma or neurilemmoma is a benign tumour originating from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath (Enoz et al, 2006). It is a slow growing, usually solitary and encapsulated tumour (Enoz et al, 2006;Karaca et al, 2010).…”

“…It is a slow growing, usually solitary and encapsulated tumour (Enoz et al, 2006;Karaca et al, 2010). Extracranially, about 25% to 40% of all schwannomas are seen in the soft tissues of the head and neck region (Vafiadis et (Dreher et al, 1997).…”

Schwannoma in oropharynx: a rare site posing diagnostic challenge

“…Malignant transformation of head and neck schwannoma occurs only in 8-10% of cases. 15 Prognosis is excellent as the tumour is benign, and recurrence is rare unless the resection of the tumour is incomplete. Therefore, it is important to diagnose these tumors as a separate entity as they have different clinical behavior and management protocol.…”