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Schwannoma of the Cervical Vagus with Intrathoracic Extension
Selahattin Tugrul1, Erol Senturk, Orhan Özturan
1*Department of Otorhinolaryngology †Department of Thoracic Surgery ‡Department of Pathology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Fatih, 34080, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|June 17, 2015
Abstract:
Schwannomas are the rare benign tumors of the neck. Patients developing from the brachial plexus and cervical truncus and extending to the posterior mediastinum have been reported, but for the first time the following case report describes the extension of a vagal origin schwannoma from the anterior and middle mediastinum and its extraction with thoracotomy without sternotomy.
