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Correlation of MRI Pattern and Histological Features in a Schwannoma of the Soft Palate in a 13-Year-Old Girl
| Claudio Sicca1, Angelina Cistaro2,3,4*, Natale Quartuccio5, Eleonora Sardo6, Mattia Berrone7, Ubaldo Familiari8, Sergio Gandolfo9 and Monica Pentenero9 | |
| 1Indipendent Clinical Dentistry, Forno Canavese and Bruino, Turin, Italy | |
| 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre IRMET S.p.A., Euromedic inc., Turin, Italy | |
| 3Co-ordinator of PET Pediatric AIMN InterGroup, Italy | |
| 4Associate researcher of Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome, Italy | |
| 5Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and of the Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy | |
| 6Department of Radiology, AOU S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy | |
| 7University of Turin, Department of Oncology, Oral Medicine and Oral Oncology Unit, Italy | |
| 8Pathology Division, AOU S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy | |
| 9Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Oral Medicine and Oral Oncology Section, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. | |
| Corresponding Author : | Angelina Cistaro Positron Emission Tomography Centre IRMET S.p.A. Euromedic Inc. V. O. Vigliani 89/A, 10138 Turin, Italy Tel : +390113160158 Fax : +390113160828 E-mail: a.cistaro@irmet.com |
| Received November 24, 2014; Accepted January 13, 2015; Published January 16, 2015 | |
| Citation: Sicca C, Cistaro A, Quartuccio N, Sardo E, Berrone M (2015) Correlation of MRI Pattern and Histological Features in a Schwannoma of the Soft Palate in a 13-Year-Old Girl. OMICS J Radiol 4:177. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000177 | |
| Copyright: ©2015 Sicca C et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Schawnnoma or neurilemmoma is a benign slow-growing neoplasm of Schwann cells that can arise from any cranial, peripheral or autonomic nerve. The involvement of the oral cavity is extremely rare. We present a case of a schwannoma lesion in the soft palate in a young girl. This report introduces the clinical aspects of schwannoma of the soft palate, and the correlation between the histopathological features and the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features of this lesion.
