Cervical Vagal Schwannoma: Anesthetic Concerns

Schwannomas arising from cervical vagus nerve is an extremely rare benign neoplasm. The majority of patients present with insidiously growing lateral neck mass without neurological deficit. We report a case of symptomatic cervical vagal nerve schwannoma in a 32-year-old female. Complete surgical res...

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Autores principales: Saini, Suman, Sabharwal, Nikki, Agrawal, Nidhi, Singh, Bhupender
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298797
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.183163
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description Schwannomas arising from cervical vagus nerve is an extremely rare benign neoplasm. The majority of patients present with insidiously growing lateral neck mass without neurological deficit. We report a case of symptomatic cervical vagal nerve schwannoma in a 32-year-old female. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice. However, anesthetic management of these tumors can be challenging. We describe here the complications experienced during the management of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-53416302017-03-15 Cervical Vagal Schwannoma: Anesthetic Concerns Saini, Suman Sabharwal, Nikki Agrawal, Nidhi Singh, Bhupender Anesth Essays Res Case Report Schwannomas arising from cervical vagus nerve is an extremely rare benign neoplasm. The majority of patients present with insidiously growing lateral neck mass without neurological deficit. We report a case of symptomatic cervical vagal nerve schwannoma in a 32-year-old female. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice. However, anesthetic management of these tumors can be challenging. We describe here the complications experienced during the management of the patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5341630/ /pubmed/28298797 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.183163 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Anesthesia: Essays and Researches http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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