Open AccessNeurilemmoma of tongue
Author(s) -
Ruma Pahwa,
Nita Khurana,
K. Uma Chaturvedi,
Anuradha Raj
Publication year - 2003
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/bf02991952
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , tongue , oral cavity , nerve sheath , head and neck , cranial nerves , anatomy , pathology , surgery , dentistry , schwannoma
Neurilemmoma is usually soimry, benign tumour derived from schwan cells of the Sheaths of peripheral cranial or autonomie nerves. In thehead and neck region it occurs most commonly in association with acoustic nerve within the skuil and is rely fottnd in the oral cavity (1,2). We report here two cases of the iongue diagnosed on histopathohgy.