Ancient schwannoma (Neurilemmoma) of the tongue: A rare case report

---

Case Report

Author Details : Deepthi TR*, Prem Sasikumar, Adarsh VJ , Vani MH , Anu Vijayan, Kavya Maheesan

Volume : 8, Issue : 4, Year : 2022

Article Page : 141-144

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijmi.2022.034

Suggest article by email

Get Permission

---

Abstract

Schwannoma or neurilemmoma is an uncommon, benign peripheral nerve tumor derived from Schwann cells. It is usually a slow growing, asymptomatic, well encapsulated tumor that arises in association with a nerve trunk.Here we present a rare case of Ancient Schwannoma in a 20 year old male. The patient presented with a small, slow growing asymptomatic mass on the dorsal surface of the tongue, present since past 1year. Lesion was completely excised. Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and immunohistochemistry.

Keywords: Schwannoma, Neurilemmoma, Tongue, Intraoral peripheral nerve tumor, Verocay bodies

How to cite : Deepthi Tr, Sasikumar P, Adarsh Vj, Vani Mh, Vijayan A, Maheesan K, Ancient schwannoma (Neurilemmoma) of the tongue: A rare case report. IP Int J Maxillofac Imaging 2022;8(4):141-144

This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.