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Upper Lip Neurilemmoma in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 120; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.oooo.2015.02.304

2212-4411

NATHÁLIA DE ALMEIDA FREIRE, RAPHAELA CAPELLA, Fábio Ramôa Pires, SÉRGIO WINDSON, Stephanie Evellyn Antunes Novaes, Mônica Simões Israel, SARAH APARECIDA ANTERO,

Tumors and Oncological Cases

Neurilemmoma is a lesion that accounts for only 1% of all benign tumors. Although 25–48% of cases occur in the head and neck region, neurilemmoma is rarely found in the oral cavity. A 13-year-old black male sought treatment at our clinic, presenting with a normochromic nodular lesion, on the upper lip, that had first appeared 1 year earlier. Mobility and pain were present upon palpation. The diagnostic hypotheses were pleomorphic adenoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, and lipoma. An excisional biopsy was performed, and the histopathological examination confirmed a diagnosis of neurilemmoma. The diagnosis was surprising, not only because the lesion is rare but also because the age of the patient and the affected area were unusual. The authors would like to emphasize the fact that clinical examination is not sufficient to diagnose nodular lesions of the lips. The clinical features are nonspecific, and histopathological analysis is indispensable.