1. [Tongue base schwannoma in a child].
- Author
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Bouguila J, Khalef I, BenAli M, Sriha B, Soyah N, and Boughammoura L
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Female, Hematemesis diagnosis, Hematemesis etiology, Hematemesis surgery, Humans, Neurilemmoma complications, Neurilemmoma surgery, Tongue pathology, Tongue surgery, Tongue Neoplasms complications, Tongue Neoplasms surgery, Neurilemmoma diagnosis, Tongue Neoplasms diagnosis
- Abstract
Introduction: A schwannoma is a benign slow growing tumor originating from the peripheral nerve sheath. Its tongue base location is extremely rare, especially in very young patients., Case Report: A 15-year-old female patient was admitted in emergency for moderate hematemesis. The clinical examination revealed swelling of the tongue base, causing the bleeding. This lesion had appeared when she was 3years of age and no treatment was done. A complete surgical excision was performed and the histopathological examination allowed diagnosing a tongue base schwannoma. The postoperative outcome was uneventful, and no recurrence was detected 6months after surgery., Discussion: The particularities of this report are the patient's very young age and the tumor's tongue base location. The prognosis is usually good after complete excision, if there is only one tumor. Type 2 neurofibromatosis should be excluded, given the risk of malignant degeneration., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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