Pedunculated oropharyngeal schwannoma arising from posterior tonsillar pillar.
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2015-07
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Abstract
Schwannoma are benign tumours which arise from Schwann cells. Most
commonly occur in the paraharyngeal space in the neck. Peduncalted
oropharyngeal schwannoma are very rare and to the best of our
knowledge only 5 cases of peduncaleted oropharyngeal tumours have
reported in literature.
We present 52 year old male with peduncaleted oropharyngeal
schwannoma which was arising from superior part of posterior tonsillar
pillar. This site of origin for a pedunculated schwannoma has never been
reported before.
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Oropharynx, schwannoma, posterior tonsillar pillar, pedunculated, verocay bodies
Citation
Bihani A, Dokhe Y, Hardikar P, Halwai O, Sharma A, Dabholkar J. Pedunculated oropharyngeal schwannoma arising from posterior tonsillar pillar. International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2015 July; 4(2): 879-882.