Al-Alawi Yahya Sulaiman Marhoon, Kolethekkat Arif Ali, Saparamadu Pam, Al Badaai Yahya
Intern, ENT Division, Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, P.O. Box 38, PC 123, Al Khoud, Sultanate of Oman.
Senior Registrar, ENT Division, Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, P.O. Box 38, PC 123, Al Khoud, Sultanate of Oman.
Oman Med J. 2014 Mar;29(2):e070. doi: 10.5001/omj.2014.41.
Intraoral schwannoma is a rare entity. Tongue has been reported as the most common oral site. Those involving salivary glands are unusual and parotid gland is the usual site. Literature search revealed only one case of schwannoma involving the sublingual gland. Hence, this is a presentation of another case of sublingual gland schwannoma with a review of literature, in a young female of 21 years old.
口腔内神经鞘瘤是一种罕见的疾病。据报道,舌头是口腔中最常见的发病部位。累及唾液腺的情况较为少见,腮腺是常见的发病部位。文献检索仅发现一例累及舌下腺的神经鞘瘤。因此,本文报告了另一例舌下腺神经鞘瘤病例,并对文献进行了综述,患者为一名21岁的年轻女性。