Neurilemoma: relato de caso clínico / Neurilemmoma: a case report
ROBRAC
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21(56)ago. 2012. ilus
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-655233
RESUMO
O Neurilemoma (schawannoma) é um tumor benigno que sedesenvolve a partir de uma proliferação desordenada das célulasde Schwann. É uma lesão nodular, assintomática, localizadapreferencialmente na língua e semelhante a lesões proliferativasnão neoplásicas. Microscopicamente exibe padrões histológicoscaracterísticos denominados Antoni A e Antoni B. O objetivodeste trabalho e fazer uma breve revisão da literatura e relatarum caso clínico
ABSTRACT
Neurilemmoma (Schwannoma) is a benign tumor of nervesheath origin. It occurs in the head and neck regions and a fewcases are reported intraorally. Neurilemoma of the tongue presentsas a painless mass, in the third decade of life and displayno gender predilection. It is generally round or oval shaped, solitary,soft, smooth, sharply circumscribed, slow growing, andwell encapsulated, and usually ranges in size from 0.25 to 3.00cm. Surgical enucleation is easy to perform and recurrence israre. Histopathologic examination shows an encapsulated spindlecell tumor, of which two types of the tissue are Antoni A andB. The authors report a case of neurilemmoma of the tongue anda brief review of the literature of this unusual clinical entity.
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Portuguese
Journal:
ROBRAC
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
PUC Minas/BR
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