Unusually large quiescent ancient schwannoma of hypoglossal nerve

• Main Authors: Sangeeta P Wanjari (Author), Panjab V Wanjari (Author), Rajkumar N Parwani (Author), Satyajitraje A Tekade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ancient schwannoma is considered as a variant of schwannoma, comprising about 10% of all schwanommas. Schwannoma is a benign neoplasm derived from the nerve sheath of peripheral motor, sensory and sympathetic nerves and from the cranial nerve pairs. It usually presents as a solitary soft-tissue lesi...