Schwannoma of the tongue in a child.

We report a case of a neurilemoma (schwannoma) arising from the lacrimal caruncle. The clinical and light and electron microscopic features are described.

  Schwannoma(neurilemmoma) is a benign tumor originates from Schwann cells. Ancient (degenerated) schwannoma is a long-standing schwannoma with degenerative changes. Head and neck region is one of the most common sites for nerve sheath tumors but intraosseous schwannoma is rare. The mandible is the most common site of occurrence for this lesion. We report a rare case of intraosseous ancient sc...

An unusual type of peripheral adenoma of the lung in a 52-year-old Japanese female was reported. Clinically the patient showed no sign of hormonal disturbances . Surgically removed tumor was 7 cm in diameter and histologically consisted of ovoid or fusiform cells of spindling and rather bland character , which were arranged prominently in solid nesting pattern suggestive of neurilemmoma or chem...

Neurilemmoma, neurinoma or schwannoma is a benign tumor of neurogenic origin, arising from the myelin sheath of a neuron. Head and neck region accounts for 25%-48% of these tumors reported till date. On the contrary, intraoral sites form only 1% of the cases accounted. Although a few cases of intraoral neurilemoma of mental nerve has been reported in English literature, none has been reported t...

  Tongue base lesions have a diverse and extensive etiology. One of the benign tongue base lesions is schwannoma. Schwannoma and neurofibroma are two tumors of the peripheral nerves originating in the nerve sheaths. Schwannoma account for just over 1% of benign tumors which have been reported in the ora...