Schwannoma of the hypoglossal nerve is an uncommon benign neoplasm. We present a 49-year-old female patient with hypoglossal schwannoma presenting as a painless mass in the submandibular area.

INTRODUCTION Schwannomas are rare encapsulated tumors that derive from the nerve sheath and should be removed due to their infrequent, but existent possibility of malignancy. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a mass located in the L5 lumbar spine in a 42 year old man, presented with intermittent lumbar pain. Ultrasound, CT and MRI were used to examine the characteristics of the lesion. Fi...

Schwannomas are uncommonly recognized in horses. This study describes cutaneous schwannomas in 22 horses aged 8 to 25 years: 12 male, 7 female, and 3 of unknown sex. The horses had solitary cutaneous masses: 9 on the head, 3 on the neck, and the others on the shoulder, hip, thorax, abdomen, rump, extremities, or tail. The location of 1 tumor was unknown. The dermal tumors were well demarcated a...

Schwannoma, or neurilemmoma, is a benign neoplasm that arises from Schwann cells, which surround peripheral, cranial, and autonomic nerve sheaths. Schwannoma has been reported to occur mainly as singular lesion of the sacral sciatic in young adults. Plexiform schwannoma, subtype rare known account for 2% 5% total schwannomas. upper extremities relatively mostly ulnar nerve. We report, with lite...