Schwannoma of the upper lip: a case report

Year 2004, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 42 - 44, 15.03.2004

Mustafa Deniz Yılmaz Fevzi Sefa Dereköy Ali Altuntaş Çiğdem Tokyol

Abstract

Schwannomas are neurogenic tumors that arise from the Schwann cells of the nerve sheath. They are benign, usually solitary, and encapsulated neoplasms.İn this report, a 29-year-old woman with a complaint of painless swelling in the upper lip is presented.Computed tomography showed a well-circumscribed solid mass. The lesion was excised and histopathologic diagnosis was made as schwannoma. The postoperative course was uneventful. No recurrence was observed during a follow-up period of 12 months.

Keywords

Lip neoplasms/radiography/surgery/pathology, neurilemmoma/radiography/surgery/pathology

Üst dudak schwannomu: Olgu sunumu

Abstract

Schwannomlar sinir kılıfının Schwann hücrelerinden kaynaklanan nörojenik kökenli tümörlerdir. Benign kapsüllü ve soliter lezyonlardır. Bu yazıda, üst du- dakta ağrısız şişlik şikayetiyle kliniğimize başvuran 29 yaşında bir kadın hasta sunuldu. Bilgisayarlı to- mografide düzgün sınırlı solid kitle lezyonu saptandı. Tükürük bezi tümörü öntanısıyla eksize edilen kitle- nin histopatolojik tanısı schwannom idi. Ameliyattan sonra sorunu olmayan hastanın 12 aylık izleminde nüks görülmedi

Keywords

Dudak neoplazileri/radyografi/cerrahi/ patoloji, nörilemmoma/radyografi/cerrahi/patoloji.

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