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...

We present the case of a 38-year-old woman that presented with a very slowly enlarging mass of the tongue. MRI revealed a large mass originating in the tongue base and extending to the supraglottic space. Biopsy of this tumor confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma. An endaural approach allowed complete resection of the tumor. Definitive histopathological examination showed a plexiform schwannoma...

Neurilemomas of the chest wall are usually solitary lesions which bulge toward the pleural cavity in the posterior mediastinum. We report a rare case of neurilemoma growing outside the thorax from the intercostal nerve. A 33-year-old man was admitted with a chest wall bulging mass. His past history was unremarkable. Computed tomography showed a well-circumscribed mass toward the extrathorax adj...