Mustafa Deniz YILMAZ, Fevzi Sefa DEREKÖY, Ali ALTUNTAŞ, Çiğdem TOKYOL

Üst dudak schwannomu: Olgu sunumu

Schwannomlar sinir kılıfının Schwann hücrelerinden kaynaklanan nörojenik kökenli tümörlerdir. Benign kapsüllü ve soliter lezyonlardır. Bu yazıda, üst du- dakta ağrısız şişlik şikayetiyle kliniğimize başvuran 29 yaşında bir kadın hasta sunuldu. Bilgisayarlı to- mografide düzgün sınırlı solid kitle lezyonu saptandı. Tükürük bezi tümörü öntanısıyla eksize edilen kitle- nin histopatolojik tanısı schwannom idi. Ameliyattan sonra sorunu olmayan hastanın 12 aylık izleminde nüks görülmedi

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Dudak neoplazileri/radyografi/cerrahi/ patoloji, nörilemmoma/radyografi/cerrahi/patoloji.

Schwannoma of the upper lip: a case report

Schwannomas are neurogenic tumors that arise from the Schwann cells of the nerve sheath. They are benign, usually solitary, and encapsulated neoplasms.İn this report, a 29-year-old woman with a complaint of painless swelling in the upper lip is presented.Computed tomography showed a well-circumscribed solid mass. The lesion was excised and histopathologic diagnosis was made as schwannoma. The postoperative course was uneventful. No recurrence was observed during a follow-up period of 12 months.

Keywords:

Lip neoplasms/radiography/surgery/pathology, neurilemmoma/radiography/surgery/pathology,

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