Oral Schwannoma—An Unusual Oral Presentation: Case Report and Literature Review
Keywords:
Schwannoma, Nerve sheath, Benign tumorAbstract
Schwannoma or neurilemmoma is 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 commonly involves tongue. Most of the earlier reports in the literature, have described schwannomas that occurred in the tongue. In this article,
we report a case of schwannoma involving an unusual site - mandibular labial vestibule, in a young patient. The lesion was completely excised with no reported complication for a followup of 15 months.
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Published
1970-01-01
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Oral Schwannoma—An Unusual Oral Presentation: Case Report and Literature Review. (1970). Journal of Orofacial Research, 4(1), 55-58. https://mansapublishers.com/index.php/jofr/article/view/1980