Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl

Laryngeal neurogenic tumors are extremely rare clinical entity. It is a benign and slowly growing neoplasm. Schwannoma of the larynx often arises from the aryepiglottic fold and false vocal cord. Schwannoma of the larynx particularly at the true vocal fold is extremely uncommon. Laryngeal schwannoma...

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Main Authors: Santosh Kumar Swain, Smrutipragnya Samal, Somadatta Das, Rabindranath Padhy
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of the Scientific Society
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Online Access:http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2020;volume=47;issue=1;spage=48;epage=50;aulast=Swain
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spelling doaj-6bad2caecbca41c793c26c9154233e8b2020-11-25T03:01:12ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of the Scientific Society0974-50092020-01-01471485010.4103/jss.JSS_45_19Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girlSantosh Kumar SwainSmrutipragnya SamalSomadatta DasRabindranath PadhyLaryngeal neurogenic tumors are extremely rare clinical entity. It is a benign and slowly growing neoplasm. Schwannoma of the larynx often arises from the aryepiglottic fold and false vocal cord. Schwannoma of the larynx particularly at the true vocal fold is extremely uncommon. Laryngeal schwannoma typically presents with hoarseness of voice and globus sensation. If the tumor is increases to bigger size, it may lead to dyspnea and stridor. It has an excellent prognosis with low potential for malignant transformation. It should be considered as a differential diagnosis of sublingual pathologies such as salivary gland lesions such as vocal fold polyp. Surgical excision of the tumor is the primary treatment of choice in case of lingual schwannoma. The endoscopic transoral route is considered as the most commonly used approach for vocal fold schwannoma. We report a case of vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl which was excised endoscopically.http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2020;volume=47;issue=1;spage=48;epage=50;aulast=Swainlarynxmicrolaryngeal surgeryschwannomavocal fold
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author Santosh Kumar Swain
Smrutipragnya Samal
Somadatta Das
Rabindranath Padhy
spellingShingle Santosh Kumar Swain
Smrutipragnya Samal
Somadatta Das
Rabindranath Padhy
Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
Journal of the Scientific Society
larynx
microlaryngeal surgery
schwannoma
vocal fold
author_facet Santosh Kumar Swain
Smrutipragnya Samal
Somadatta Das
Rabindranath Padhy
author_sort Santosh Kumar Swain
title Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
title_short Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
title_full Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
title_fullStr Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
title_full_unstemmed Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
title_sort vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of the Scientific Society
issn 0974-5009
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Laryngeal neurogenic tumors are extremely rare clinical entity. It is a benign and slowly growing neoplasm. Schwannoma of the larynx often arises from the aryepiglottic fold and false vocal cord. Schwannoma of the larynx particularly at the true vocal fold is extremely uncommon. Laryngeal schwannoma typically presents with hoarseness of voice and globus sensation. If the tumor is increases to bigger size, it may lead to dyspnea and stridor. It has an excellent prognosis with low potential for malignant transformation. It should be considered as a differential diagnosis of sublingual pathologies such as salivary gland lesions such as vocal fold polyp. Surgical excision of the tumor is the primary treatment of choice in case of lingual schwannoma. The endoscopic transoral route is considered as the most commonly used approach for vocal fold schwannoma. We report a case of vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl which was excised endoscopically.
topic larynx
microlaryngeal surgery
schwannoma
vocal fold
url http://www.jscisociety.com/article.asp?issn=0974-5009;year=2020;volume=47;issue=1;spage=48;epage=50;aulast=Swain
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