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CASE REPORT
Maxillary sinus schwannoma
  1. Bader Mohammed Alim1,
  2. Mohammed Jomah1,
  3. Majid Al-Thobaiti2
  1. 1Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  2. 2Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Security Forces Hospital Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Mohammed Jomah, mjomah{at}ksu.edu.sa

Summary

Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) is a benign tumour that arises from the Schwann cells which cover the nerve sheaths of the peripheral or autonomic nervous system especially the sympathetic system. Reported cases of schwannoma arising from the sinonasal tract are rare. We report a case of a 28-year-old man who presented to otolaryngology—head and neck surgery clinic with left cheek swelling and left-sided nasal obstruction for 1-year period. Endoscopic examination and high-resolution CT scan revealed a homogenous expansile mass occupying the left maxillary antrum extending to the left orbit and left ethmoidal air cells. The mass was excised through endoscopic endonasal approach followed by Caldwell-Luc approach for the residual tumour. Postoperative histopathological examination revealed benign type Antoni A schwannoma.

  • ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
  • nasal polyps
  • otolaryngology / ent
  • head and neck surgery

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Footnotes

  • Contributors MA-T: senior author, primary surgeon, supervision and revision of the final manuscript. MJ: data collection and manuscript review. BMA: data collection and manuscript writing.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

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  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.