Lingual schwannoma in an adolescent boy: A case report

Abstract

Oral cavity schwannoma is still considered a rare entity in the head and neck region. Schwannoma is a benign encapsulated nerve sheath tumour that originate from Schwann cells with an approximate incidence of 1% in the oral cavity. The tongue is the most common location among oral cavity tumours. We report a rare case of tongue schwannoma in 12-year-old boy who presented to our centre complaining of swelling of the tongue, which had increased in size and interfered with his speech in 2018; he had been previously asymptomatic since birth. A diagnosis was established based on the following imaging studies: computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). He underwent simple transoral excision of the ventral tongue mass under general anaesthesia with no complications, and the final pathological result confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma.