Schwannoma of the Tongue: A Case Report with an Insight on its Variants and Pathogenesis

Neurilemmoma or schwannoma is a benign, slow growing, solitary, and encapsulated perineural tumor.Approximately 25-45% of all neurilemmomas occur in the head and neck region.Of these 1-12% occur intraorally, the most common site being tongue.Consideration of this lesion into the differential diagnosis of soft-tissue lesions was often not accounted.The definitive diagnosis can only be given by microscopic examination.Here, we present a case report of 27-year-old male patient with a solitary oval growth on the right dorsolateral margin of tongue, which was clinically diagnosed as traumatic fibroma.However, final diagnosis of neurilemmoma was made by histological examination.This article also focuses on giving an insight into the variants of neurilemmoma and a dig into its pathogenesis.