Intra-Oral Schwannoma- A Case Report
Published: March 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4181
Swati Parhar, Harkanwal Preet Singh, Amit Nayyar, Adesh S Manchanda
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Swami Devi Dyal Hospital and Dental College, Panchkula,
Haryana, India.
2. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dasmesh Institute of Research and Dental Sciences,
Faridkot, Punjab, India.
3. Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Swami Devi Dyal Hospital and Dental College, Panchkula,
Haryana, India.
4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral
Correspondence
Dr. Adesh S Manchanda,
Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of
Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Phone: 7837060067, E-mail: adesh_manchanda@yahoo.com
Neurilemmoma (Schwannoma) is a benign tumour of neuroectodermal origin. It usually occurs as a asymptomatic, solitary, smooth-surfaced and slow growing lesion, emerging at any age, with as such, no gender prelidiction. Occurring as a common tumour in the head and neck region, its intraoral presentation is very rare. Here, we are reporting a rare case of intraoral schwannoma of the posterior palate which occurred in a 34-year-old female patient who had chief complaint of a painless, slow growing swelling on posterior palate.
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