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Indian J Surg
; 77(1): 79-81, 2015 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25829722
ABSTRACT
The incidence of schwannoma in the head and neck region is between 25 and 45 %. The vestibular nerve is involved in most cases followed by the parapharyngeal space. Schwannoma, also known as neurilemmoma, is a benign neoplasm that originates from the Schwann cells. These cells form the myelin sheath around myelinated peripheral axons. Here, we report a case of parapharyngeal space schwannoma in a 27-year-old female.