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Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report
Neurogenic tumors are the most common type of mediastinal tumor and constitute the majority of neoplasms of the posterior mediastinum. Schwannomas originating from the intrathoracic vagus nerve are extremely rare. The present study describes the case of a 58-year-old man with a large vagal schwannom...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959296 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2116 |
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author | WU, ZHIQIANG SHI, MIN WAN, HONGLI GAO, WEI LIU, HUIPING WANG, ZHANPENG LI, QINGXIN |
author_facet | WU, ZHIQIANG SHI, MIN WAN, HONGLI GAO, WEI LIU, HUIPING WANG, ZHANPENG LI, QINGXIN |
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description | Neurogenic tumors are the most common type of mediastinal tumor and constitute the majority of neoplasms of the posterior mediastinum. Schwannomas originating from the intrathoracic vagus nerve are extremely rare. The present study describes the case of a 58-year-old man with a large vagal schwannoma in the left superior mediastinum. A large tumor with a round shape was identified in the left superior mediastinum. The tumor originated from and encased the vagus nerve. Using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, the tumor was completely excised with amputation of the vagus nerve encased within in the tumor. One year post-surgery, the patient was free of recurrence with no symptoms other than hoarseness. |
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spelling | pubmed-40635782014-06-23 Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report WU, ZHIQIANG SHI, MIN WAN, HONGLI GAO, WEI LIU, HUIPING WANG, ZHANPENG LI, QINGXIN Oncol Lett Articles Neurogenic tumors are the most common type of mediastinal tumor and constitute the majority of neoplasms of the posterior mediastinum. Schwannomas originating from the intrathoracic vagus nerve are extremely rare. The present study describes the case of a 58-year-old man with a large vagal schwannoma in the left superior mediastinum. A large tumor with a round shape was identified in the left superior mediastinum. The tumor originated from and encased the vagus nerve. Using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, the tumor was completely excised with amputation of the vagus nerve encased within in the tumor. One year post-surgery, the patient was free of recurrence with no symptoms other than hoarseness. D.A. Spandidos 2014-07 2014-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4063578/ /pubmed/24959296 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2116 Text en Copyright © 2014, Spandidos Publications http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The article may be redistributed, reproduced, and reused for non-commercial purposes, provided the original source is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Articles WU, ZHIQIANG SHI, MIN WAN, HONGLI GAO, WEI LIU, HUIPING WANG, ZHANPENG LI, QINGXIN Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report |
title | Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report |
title_full | Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report |
title_fullStr | Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report |
title_short | Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report |
title_sort | thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: a case report |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959296 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2116 |
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