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Table 1 Published cases of tonsillar schwannoma

From: A tonsillar location of a malignant schwannoma: a case report

Reference and year

Sex/Age (years)

Presentation

Localisation

Histology

Treatment

Follow-up

Present report

Female/74

DWS

LT

Malignant

TTT

NED

Pran Gopal Datta and al, 2020 [5]

Male/42

DWS

LT

Benign

TT

NED

LING-XIANG RUAN and al, 2008 [6]

Male/37

IFM, snoring

RT

Benign

TTT

NED at 6 months

Anil and al, 2005 [7]

Male/38

DWS, OO, RP to the left ear

LT

Benign

TT

NED at 18 months

Dai and al, 2003 [8]

Male/34

Pharyngodynia, OO, RP, bloody phlegm

RT

Benign

TTT

NED at 1 year

zhou and al, 2003 [9]

Female/28

DWS, OO

LT

Benign

TTT

–

Bildirici and al, 2002 [4]

Female/69

IFM, no other complaints

RT

Benign

TT

NED at 1 year

Guo et al., 2000 [10]

Male/20

Foreign body feeling, haemoptysis, OO

LT

Benign

TTT

–

Lall and al, 1999 [11]

Female/13

DWS

 

Benign

TT

NED

Xu and Li, 1998 [12]

Female/62

Foreign body feeling

LT

Malignant

TTT

NED at 4 months

Wu et al., 1992 [13]

Male/34

IFM, resected two times, recurred two times

LT

Malignant

TTT

Died after 4 months

Naik and Agrawal 1975 [14]

Male/45

Foreign body feeling

RT

Benign

TT

–

  1. IFM Initially found mass, DWS Difficulty with swallowing, OO Odynophagia, RP Radiating pain, RT Right tonsil, LT Left tonsil, TT Tumourectomy, TTT Tonsillectomy plus tumourectomy, NED No evidence of disease