schwannomas may occur anywhere in the soft tissues or viscera, but do not commonly involve the pancreas and retroperitoneum. we present a case of benign pancreatic schwannoma which clinically simulated a malignant neoplastic process.

We report a rare case of glossopharyngeal schwannoma whose clinical presentation and the radiological work up suggested an acoustic schwannoma. The diagnosis was made at surgery, once attachment to ninth cranial nerve was seen. The clinical presentation, radiological features and surgical findings of the glossopharyngeal schwannoma are presented along with the review of literature.

INTRODUCTION Schwannoma is a benign, solitary, and slowly progressive encapsulated tumor originating from the sheath of myelinated nerve fibers. Schwannoma of the salivary gland is a particularly rare form of an extracranial neurogenic tumor. Here, we present an unusual case of a schwannoma of the submandibular gland in a 19-year-old man. Total excision of the submandibular gland resulted in co...

Intraoral ancient schwannoma is a rare type of oral schwannoma, which is encapsulated and well demarcated from the surrounding tissues. Ancient schwannomas are associated with conventional features of neurilemmoma; however, they are distinguished from other types of schwannoma due to factors such as the long history, cellular architecture showing hypocellularity, and hyalinized matrices. This s...

Benign nerve cell tumors include schwannoma, which rarely has an intraoral presentation. Schwannoma is a relatively uncommon, slow-growing benign tumor that is derived apparently from the schwann cells. It's an asymptomatic tumor which may sometimes present with pain. The tongue is the most common site, followed by palate, floor of mouth, buccal mucosa, lips, and jaws. Usually it is a solitary ...

A 37-year-old woman presented with an extremely rare large oculomotor schwannoma associated with acute hydrocephalus manifesting as semicoma and anisocoria. Brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a tumor in the oculomotor cistern. Cerebral angiography revealed separation of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) and superior cerebellar artery (SCA). The tumor was removed...

BACKGROUND Schwannoma is a common, benign, peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has been very useful for diagnosing classic Schwannoma. Recently, a new morphological variant, the so-called microcystic/reticular Schwannoma, has been recognized. Although histological features of microcystic/reticular Schwannoma have been described, there are no available reports on its FNA ...

BACKGROUND Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) most commonly presents with ipsilateral disturbances of acoustic, vestibular, trigeminal and facial nerves. Presentation of vestibular schwannoma with contralateral facial pain is quite uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION Among 156 cases of operated vestibular schwannoma, we found one case with unusual presentation of contralateral hemifacial pain. ...

The authors report a case of simultaneously occurring neurofibroma and schwannoma of the sciatic nerve and discuss the complementary aspects of MR and US. The schwannoma was well-defined and showed distal enhancement on sonographic evaluation, whereas the neurofibroma was ill-defined; both tumors were hypoechoic. T1- and T2-weighted MR images revealed similar signal characteristics of the two t...

The simultaneous occurrence of an adenocarcinoma and schwannoma is extremely rare in the stomach, and only one such case has been previously reported, which presented as two separate masses. Indeed, the collision of these tumors has never been reported. We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with the synchronous development of a schwannoma and advanced mucinous adeno...