Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-fbnjt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-13T03:58:16.709Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) of the tonsil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. S. Lall ,
R. M. Walsh ,
D. C. Rowlands  and
I. Donaldson
G. S. Lall*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
R. M. Walsh
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
D. C. Rowlands
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
I. Donaldson
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr G. S. Lall, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Schwannoma of the tonsil is an extremely uncommon clinical entity with only one reported case in an adult in the medical literature to date. We report, to our knowledge, the first known case in a child.

Keywords

NeurilemmomaTonsilChild
Type
Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 113 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 585 - 586
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Apte, B. P., Tepan, M. G. (1969) Neurilemmoma of the pharynx. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 83: 387–391.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Barnes, L., Peel, R. L., Verbin, R. S. (1985) Tumours of the nervous system. In Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck, (Barnes, L., ed.), Mercel Dekker Inc., New York, pp 659–724.Google Scholar
Naik, S. D., Agrawal, S. (1975) Neurilemmoma of tonsil. Journal of the Indian Medical Association 65: 17–18.Google ScholarPubMed
Triaridis, C., Tsalighopoulos, M. G., Kouloulas, A., Vartholomeos, A. (1987) Posterior pharyngeal wall schwannoma. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 101: 749–752.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Verocay, J. (1908) Multiple geschwülste als systemerkragkung am nervosan Apparte. Festschr…Hans Chiari…seins 25 jöhr Prof-Jubil, wein u. Leipz, pp 378–415.Google Scholar