Tongue Base Schwannoma

Swati Tandon; Ravi Meher; Aditi Chopra; Anoop Raj; Vikram Wadhwa; Nidhi Mahajan; Avani Jain

doi:10.1007/s12070-016-1036-7

Tongue Base Schwannoma

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Oct;71(Suppl 1):70-73. doi: 10.1007/s12070-016-1036-7. Epub 2016 Dec 20.

Authors

Swati Tandon¹, Ravi Meher², Aditi Chopra², Anoop Raj¹, Vikram Wadhwa¹, Nidhi Mahajan³, Avani Jain¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology and Head, Neck Surgery, BL Taneja Block, MAM College and Assoc. LN Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head, Neck Surgery, 3rd Floor BL Taneja Block, MAM College and Assoc. LN Hospital, Delhi, India.
³ 3Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

Intraoral schwannomas account for 1% of head and neck schwannoma, with tongue base schwannoma being reported rarely. In an English literature search from 1988 to 2014, not more than 38 cases of tongue base schwannoma have been reported. Large tongue base schwannomas pose a significant risk to airway, thereby calling for an early intervention. We report a rare case of tongue base schwannoma in a 25 year old female managed surgically by lateral pharyngotomy approach.

Keywords: Lateral pharyngotomy; Schwanomma; Tongue base.

Publication types

Case Reports