Table I.
Demographics and treatment characteristics of 36 cases with lingual schwannoma reported in the literature.
| Sex | Age (years) |
Size (cm) |
Site | Presentation | Surgical approach | Follow-up (months) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karaca et al., 2010 7 | F | 13 | 2.0 | Oral tongue | Dysphagia | Transoral | 12 |
| Gupta et al., 2009 8 | F | 18 | 1.0 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | |
| Cohen et al., 2009 6 | F | 19 | 1.8 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | |
| M | 77 | 0.7 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | ||
| Pereira et al., 2009 9 | M | 12 | 1.5 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 12 |
| Ferreti Bonan et al., 2008 10 | F | 46 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 12 | |
| Sawhney et al., 2008 5 | F | 37 | 4.6 | Tongue base | Dysphagia/snoring | Submandibular | |
| Batra et al., 2007 11 | M | 30 | 3.0 | Tongue base | Abscess | Transoral | 9 |
| M | 33 | 3.0 | Tongue base | Dysphonia | Transoral | 6 | |
| Enoz et al., 2006 3 | M | 7 | 2.5 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 60 |
| Ballesteros et al., 2007 12 | F | 31 | 2.0 | Tongue base | Local pain | CO2 - transoral | |
| Patnayak et al., 2007 13 | F | 45 | 2.0 | Oral tongue | Lump | transoral | |
| Mehzrad et al., 2006 14 | M | 49 | 2.2 | Tongue base | Local pain | CO2 - transoral | 3 |
| Hsu et al., 2006 15 | F | 39 | 1.0 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 137 |
| F | 39 | 4.0 | Tongue base | Dysphagia | Transhyoid | 23 | |
| M | 9 | 1.2 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 56 | |
| F | 32 | 1.8 | Tongue base | Lump | Transoral | 63 | |
| M | 25 | 0.9 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 28 | |
| F | 15 | 1.2 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 136 | |
| M | 38 | 3.0 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 135 | |
| F | 12 | 1.6 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 13 | |
| M | 45 | 0.5 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 203 | |
| M | 20 | 5.0 | Tongue base | Bleeding | Transoral | 3 | |
| Ying et al., 2006 4 | F | 26 | 4.0 | Tongue base | Dysphagia/otalgia | Transoral | |
| Vafiadis et al., 2005 16 | M | 18 | 3.1 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 36 |
| Hwang et al., 2005 17 | M | 23 | 2.8 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | 6 |
| Nakasato et al., 2005 18 | F | 9 | 2.0 | Tongue base | Lump | Transoral | 17 |
| Cinar et al., 2004 19 | M | 7 | 1.0 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | |
| Bassichis et al., 2004 20 | M | 9 | 2.3 | Tongue base | Snore | Transoral | 60 |
| Mevio et al., 2002 21 | F | 35 | 5.0 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | |
| Pfeifle et al., 2001 22 | F | 30 | 0.3 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | |
| M | 18 | 2.0 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | ||
| de Bree et al., 2000 23 | F | 24 | Tongue base | Lump | Submandibular | ||
| Lopez et al., 1993 24 | M | 33 | 1.2 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral | |
| M | 24 | 0.6 | Oral tongue | Lump | Transoral |