Ancient Schwannoma of the tongue

Ancient Schwannoma is a rare Schwannoma variant which is a painless, slow-growing benign neoplasm of Schwann cell origin. It is relatively a rare tumor in the head and neck region. We report a case of ancient Schwannoma of the tongue in a 38-year-old female patient, who presented with a slowly progressing painless mass over the tongue. Investigatory impression of ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology of this lesion was suggestive to be a benign tumor of muscle/nerve origin. An excisional biopsy of the mass with primary closure was done. A final diagnosis of ancient Schwannoma was given based on histopathological examination.