Neurilemmoma – cases report

Abstract

This article presents two cases of intraoral neurilemmoma located in the buccal cavity of patients at the Oral Diagnosis Service at the dentristry college in the University of Passo Fundo (FOUPF). In the literature review they had been analyzed the etiology, the origin, the genetics, the clinical, microscopic and imunoistochemical characteristics, as well as the diagnosis, the diferential diagnosis, the treatment and the prognostic of this neoplasm. They assessed the data related to age and sex of the patients and to the localization of the injury in the oral cavitiy. In order to confirm the diagnosis, after accomplishing the histological technique of routine (HE), the materials obtained in the excisional biopsy were directed to the Pathology Service of the São Vicente de Paulo Hospital (HSVP) for imunoistochemical examination, using the marker for the S-100 protein. Key words: Neurilemomma. Schwannoma. Benign neoplasy. Schwann cells. Immunohistochemical exam.