Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma: a case report

Nerve sheath tumours arising from the sympathetic chain are extremely rare and are a diagnostic challenge. We report the case of a 31- year-old man who presented with an asymptomatic right cervical swelling. He was evaluated with sonography, CT, MR and angiography. Surgical excision of the lesion wa...

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Autores principales: IACCONI, P., FAGGIONI, M., DE BARTOLOMEIS, C., IACCONI, C., CALDARELLI, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Pacini Editore SpA 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22767977
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description Nerve sheath tumours arising from the sympathetic chain are extremely rare and are a diagnostic challenge. We report the case of a 31- year-old man who presented with an asymptomatic right cervical swelling. He was evaluated with sonography, CT, MR and angiography. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed, and histological examination revealed a schwannoma. The differential diagnosis of such tumours and their management are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-33830732012-07-05 Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma: a case report IACCONI, P. FAGGIONI, M. DE BARTOLOMEIS, C. IACCONI, C. CALDARELLI, C. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital Case Report Nerve sheath tumours arising from the sympathetic chain are extremely rare and are a diagnostic challenge. We report the case of a 31- year-old man who presented with an asymptomatic right cervical swelling. He was evaluated with sonography, CT, MR and angiography. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed, and histological examination revealed a schwannoma. The differential diagnosis of such tumours and their management are discussed. Pacini Editore SpA 2012-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3383073/ /pubmed/22767977 Text en © Copyright by Società Italiana di Otorinolaringologia e Chirurgia Cervico-Facciale http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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title Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma: a case report
title_full Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma: a case report
title_fullStr Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma: a case report
title_short Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma: a case report
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