Swelling of the Upper Lip...Not always a Mucous Retention Cyst!!

Savitri M Nerune, R M Potekar, Lynda D Rodrigues, Namrata Balchandra Mestri.

dc.contributor.author	Savitri M Nerune, R M Potekar, Lynda D Rodrigues, Namrata Balchandra Mestri.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-04T12:09:23Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-04T12:09:23Z
dc.date.issued	2017-04
dc.identifier.issn	22314261
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1068
dc.description.abstract	Schwannoma, also known as neurilemmoma, is a solitary benign tumour arising from the Schwann cells. Oral schwannomas are rare and upper lip is an uncommon site. The diagnosis of schwannoma is typically made on histopathology and surgical resection is the treatment of choice. We report a case of swelling of the upper lip in a 26 year old male which was clinically diagnosed as mucous retention cyst and on histopathological examination, a diagnosis of schwannoma was offered	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Neurilemmoma, Oral Cavity, Verocay bodies	en_US
dc.title	Swelling of the Upper Lip...Not always a Mucous Retention Cyst!!	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US