Malignant schwannoma of the lingual nerve : a case report | Zendy

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Malignant schwannoma of the lingual nerve : a case report

Author(s) -

N. N. Patel,

Tahwinder Upile,

Azfar Zaman,

Chitta Ranjan Chowdhury,

Abir Bhattacharyya

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2231-3796

pISSN - 0973-7707

DOI - 10.1007/bf02991487

Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , head and neck , lingual nerve , radiology , neurosurgery , surgery , tongue , pathology

Malignant schwannomas of the head and neck are rare tumours that offer various diagnostic and therapeutic challenges encompassing the breadth of modern histupatholagy, radiology and surgery, We describe the only reported case oj a de novo malignant schwannoma affecting the lingual nerve. Presenting a review of the literature and using our case for illustration we discuss some of the pertinent features in the management of patients with this condition.

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