Sporadic Neurofibroma of the Tongue Unassociated with Neurofibromatosis Type I: A Clinicopathologic Study of Ten Cases.

Head Neck Pathol

Department of Pathology, Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Anaheim, CA, USA.

Published: June 2020

Neurofibromas rarely occur within the oral cavity and infrequently involve the tongue. The majority of lingual neurofibromas arise in patients affected by neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Neurofibromas of the tongue unassociated with this disorder are exceedingly uncommon. The clinical and pathologic features of 10 cases of sporadic lingual neurofibromas, unassociated with NF1, were evaluated. The patients included six females and four males ranging in age from 30 to 69 years (mean 59 years; median 63 years). An asymptomatic or slowly enlarging lingual mass was the most common clinical presentation. None of the patients were documented to have NF1. Histologically, the tumors were unencapsulated and situated beneath an intact squamous mucosa. The tumors are comprised of spindle cells with wavy nuclei within a collagenous to myxoid stroma. One tumor was characterized by a plexiform growth pattern. The lesional cells were positive for S-100 protein. Clinical follow up, available for all patients, showed no recurrences and no subsequent development of additional clinical manifestations of NF1. Lingual neurofibromas should be distinguished from other peripheral nerve sheath tumors that can affect this anatomic site. This series of cases confirms that sporadic neurofibromas of the tongue may be rarely encountered in patients having no other features of NF1.

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