1996 Volume 42 Issue 6 Pages 596-598
Malignant schwannoma is a rare tumor among all soft tissue sarcomas. The head and neck is an uncommon site for this tumor. It is difficult to diagnose malignantschwannoma both clinically and histologically.
We report a case of malignant schwannoma that occurred in the buccal submucosa. The patient was a 40-year-old woman who complained of swelling of the right buccal region. The diagnosis on a preoperative biopsy was fibrosarcoma. However, the postoperative diagnosis on immunohistochemical examination was malignant schwannoma.
