Neurofibroma of Tongue - A Case Report

Authors

  • Chirangib Singha Palash Resident Surgeon, Dept of Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barishal, Bangladesh.
  • Progna Paromita Sharker Clinical associate of emergency. United Medical College& Hospital, Dhaka
  • Saikat Das Emergency Medical officer, Universal Medical College and Hospital
  • Subrata Roy Assistant Professor, Department of pathology, Sher-e-Bangla medical collage, Barishal.
  • Tushar Bindu Halder Junior consultant, Anesthesiology, General hospital, Barishal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v31i1.84295

Keywords:

Solitary lingual neurofibroma, nonmyelinating Schwann cells, NF1genes, spindle cells, serpentine nuclei, sporadic neurofibroma, Lingual nerve.

Abstract

Neurofibroma is a benign tumor of nerve sheath of peripheral nervous system. It frequently involves the skin and rarely the oral mucosa. The pattern of the disease has been recognized as hereditary with an autosomal dominant trait with variable penetrance. The most common variant is neurofibromatosis type I (NF-I). The oral lesions occur as discrete, nonulcerated nodules, which tend to be of the same color as the surrounding mucosa. Usually occurs on the buccal mucosa, palate, alveolar mucosa, vestibule and the tongue.

A case of asymptomatic swelling of the right side of the tongue near the tip since 02 years is presented. The swelling was gradual in onset and slowly increased in size. It was a solitary diffuse, smooth, firm and non-tender swelling of the right side of the tongue near the tip. Excision was done under lingual nerve block by local anesthetics (2% Lidocain with Adrenalin) and biopsy was performed and histological examination revealed spindle cells having serpentine nuclei, arranged in bundle and fascicles is a fibrillary background.

Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngology 2025; 31 (1) Page-42-46

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Published

2025-10-13

How to Cite

Palash, C. S., Sharker, P. P., Das, S., Roy, S., & Halder, T. B. (2025). Neurofibroma of Tongue - A Case Report. Bangladesh Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 31(1), 42–46. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v31i1.84295

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2025)

Section

Case Reports

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