Abstract
Schwannoma develops at any site where the neural tissue exists but is a comparatively rare tumor in the oral region, and its occurrence at the lip seems to be less frequent.A summarized report is made here on our experience of 1 case, a male aged 40, with schwannoma which developed in the left lower lip.The patient visited our hospital with the chief complaint of painless swelling of the left lower lip. As status pracsens, an elastic ligament the size of a soybean and a movable and oval tumor were detected in the left lower lip. The tumor was clinically was diagnosed as a benign labial tumor. Treatment consisted of a tumorectomy peformed under local anesthesia, and no tendency for recurrence has been observed at present in the postoperative 2 years and 8 months.As a result of investigating the extirpated foci histopathologically, it was diagnosed as schwannoma (Antoni type A).
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