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Schwannoma of the posterior pharyngeal wall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Chih-Ming Huang
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, MackayMemorial Hospital, Taiwan.
Yi-Shing Leu
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Taitung Branch Hospital and Taipei Main Hospital, Taiwan.

Abstract

Schwannoma arising from the posterior pharyngeal wall is extremely rare. We report a 24-year-old female patient who had suffered from dysphagia and discomfort for two months. The tumour was excised completely via the intraoral approach. No recurrence was found after the follow-up period of one year. To our knowledge, only four cases of schwannomas from the posterior pharyngeal wall have been reported, and this patient is the fifth.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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