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Paraganglioma of the cervical sympathetic trunk
Manfred T Birchler1, Klara Landau, Philip T Went
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology
|December 25, 2002
Abstract:
We report the case of a 17-year-old man who presented with left-sided Horner's syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a spindle-shaped cervical tumor in the left paravertebral space. During operation, a tumor originating from the left sympathetic trunk was found. The histopathologic analysis showed a sympathetic paraganglioma. The sympathetic trunk is an extremely rare location for a cervical paraganglioma; only a few cases have been reported in the literature.