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Extracranial Hypoglossal Schwannoma: Case Report and Literature Review.

Spyridoula Derka, Marcel Ebeling, Sebastian Pietzka, Georgia Vairaktari, Spyridon Stavrianos, Alexander Schramm, Andreas Sakkas

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Spyridoula DerkaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Attikon General University Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Marcel EbelingDepartment of Oral and Plastic Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Sebastian PietzkaDepartment of Oral and Plastic Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Georgia VairaktariDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Attikon General University Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Spyridon StavrianosPlastic Surgery Department, St. Savvas Cancer Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Alexander SchrammDepartment of Oral and Plastic Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Andreas SakkasDepartment of Oral and Plastic Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ansakkas@yahoo.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSchwannomas are solitary neurogenic tumors originating from the myelin sheath of peripheral nerves. Extracranial hypoglossal schwannomas comprise <5% of all head and neck schwannomas and can mimic submandibular salivary gland tumors. CASE REPORT: We report the diagnostic imaging, surgical treatment, and histopathological findings of a rare case of extracranial schwannoma of the hypoglossal nerve in a 73-year-old female, presented with an asymptomatic swelling in the left submandibular region that had been persisted for approximately three years.

conclusionAccurate diagnosis of this rare clinical entity requires comprehensive diagnostics. The optimal therapeutic strategy is nerve-sparing surgical excision, although it can be challenging.

Indexed as

NeurilemmomaAgedCranial Nerve NeoplasmsFemaleHumansHypoglossal NerveMagnetic Resonance ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeExtracranial schwannomahypoglossal nervesubmandibular region

Identifiers

PMID38688631
PMCPMC11059859

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