Case Report

Year : 2017 | Volume : 1 | Issue : 2 | Page : 50 - 53

A usual tumor at an unusual site: Report of two cases of schwannoma at nonindigenous sites

Nigi Ross Philip, K. Sajitha, Shubha Bhat, Chandrika Rao

Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

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Dr. K. Sajitha, Department of Pathology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore ‐ 575 018, Karnataka, India.

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Abstract

Schwannoma is a benign, slow‐growing encapsulated tumor arising from schwann cells of the nerve sheath and believed to originate from the embryonic neural crest cells. They are common tumors of the head‐and‐neck region and extremities arising from the nerve sheaths of cranial and spinal nerves. We present two cases of schwannoma occurring at uncommon sites. The first case is a solitary intra‐cranial schwannoma presenting in the frontal region which was radiologically diagnosed as meningioma. And, the second case presented as a polypoidal lesion in the right nasal cavity.

Keywords: Intracranial, meningioma, nasal septum, schwannoma

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How to cite this article:

Philip NR, Sajitha K, Bhat S, Rao C. A usual tumor at an unusual site: Report of two cases of schwannoma at nonindigenous sites. Int J Clinicopathol Correl 2017;1:50-3.