Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: May | Volume: 11 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 151-154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210523
Schwannoma of the Tongue
Sunil V. Jagtap1, Swati S. Jagtap2, Shefali Mishra3, Divya Brahmbhatt4, Parneet Kaur5
1Professor, Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad, India.
2Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad, India.
3,4,5Assitant Lecturer, Department of Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad, India.
Corresponding Author: Sunil Vitthalrao Jagtap
ABSTRACT
Schwannomas are benign encapsulated nerve sheath neoplasm arising from differentiated Schwann cells. Herewith we present a case in a 32 years-old male patient presented with complaint of swelling on right lateral margin of tongue, since. The swelling was gradually increasing in size. On clinical examination lesion was 3.0 x 2.5x 1.5 cm. It was firm in consistency, smooth, mobile and non-tender on palpation. The overlying mucosa was normal. The excision of the mass was done with adequate surgical margins of resection. On histopathological examination reported as Schwannoma of tongue. We are presenting this case for its rarity, clinical, radioimaging, and histopathological findings.
Key words: Nerve tumors, Schwannomas, Tumors of oral cavity.