Neurilemoma de língua: considerações gerais e relato de caso clínico

Neurilemoma is a rare benign tumor of neural origin that can affect the oral cavity, where it has prediction for the tongue. Due to its clinical and development characteristics, it’s a condition that might to be unperceivable by the patient during many years until to reach larger sizes and to confuse the own dentist for disguise of other lesions. The aim of the present paper is to point out the most important inherent aspects to the diagnosis and treatment of the neurilemomas, besides remember its clinical and microscopic features, through the illustration of a clinical case. descriPtors: Neurilemmoma • Tongue diseases