Open AccessClinicopathological analysis of extracranial head and neck schwannoma
Author(s) -
Preeti Sharma,
Sufian Zaheer,
Surbhi Goyal,
Charanjeet Ahluwalia,
Ankur Goyal,
Geet Bhuyan,
Ashish Kumar Mandal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1125_16
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , malignancy , tongue , scalp , nerve sheath , lesion , nerve sheath tumor , head and neck , surgery , pathology
Extracranial head and neck schwannomas are rare tumors which are often clinically misdiagnosed. Preoperative diagnosis of these tumors is challenging but imperative for surgeons so as to avoid nerve damage during excision.