A Rare Case of Paediatric Neck Swelling: Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannoma

Schwannomas are indolent benign lesions arising from schwann cells in the nerve. They are especially rare in the paediatric population. We report an interesting case of a swelling in the upper neck, which highlights an atypical presentation of this tumour, as well as the complex details of its clini...

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Autores principales: Keane, E., Francis, E. C., Thambipillai, Sri Paran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23691397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/712365
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description Schwannomas are indolent benign lesions arising from schwann cells in the nerve. They are especially rare in the paediatric population. We report an interesting case of a swelling in the upper neck, which highlights an atypical presentation of this tumour, as well as the complex details of its clinical, radiological, and surgical management.
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spelling pubmed-36574242013-05-20 A Rare Case of Paediatric Neck Swelling: Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannoma Keane, E. Francis, E. C. Thambipillai, Sri Paran Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Schwannomas are indolent benign lesions arising from schwann cells in the nerve. They are especially rare in the paediatric population. We report an interesting case of a swelling in the upper neck, which highlights an atypical presentation of this tumour, as well as the complex details of its clinical, radiological, and surgical management. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3657424/ /pubmed/23691397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/712365 Text en Copyright © 2013 E. Keane et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title A Rare Case of Paediatric Neck Swelling: Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannoma
title_full A Rare Case of Paediatric Neck Swelling: Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannoma
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Paediatric Neck Swelling: Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannoma
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Paediatric Neck Swelling: Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannoma
title_short A Rare Case of Paediatric Neck Swelling: Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannoma
title_sort rare case of paediatric neck swelling: cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657424/
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