A Cervical Vagal Schwannoma Mimicking a Parathyroid Cyst.
- Author:
Kyu Rin HWANG
1
;
Jae Wook KIM
;
Hee Kyung KIM
;
Seung Won LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea. lsw0922@schbc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cervical vagal schwannoma;
Unilateral axillo-breast approach
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Neck;
Neurilemmoma*;
Recurrence;
Vagus Nerve
- From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
2014;7(2):153-156
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cervical vagal schwannomas with cystic degeneration changes are extremely rare. These tumors are typically benign and slow growing. A 44-year-old woman underwent complete resection of a tumor measuring 4x3.5 cm in the right neck using the endoscopic approach, instead of the conventional transcervical approach. We applied the new scarless neck surgery technique with an endoscopic unilateral axillo-breast approach. The tumor originated from the right vagus nerve, and was confirmed to be a vagal schwannoma pathologically. The patient has been followed up for 18 months postoperatively with no evidence of tumor recurrence or neurological deficit. We report an extremely rare vagal schwannoma with cystic degeneration that was removed by an endoscopic approach, along with a review of the relevant literature.
