Schwannoma of the extracranial portion of the accessory nerve presenting as spinal adenopathy
| Autor: | Mohammed Mahtar, Mohamed Mehdi El Fakiri, Meryem Lahjaouj, Mohammed Roubal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Accessory nerve Lymphadenopathy 030105 genetics & heredity Schwannoma Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Peripheral nerve Rare Disease Suspected diagnosis otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Humans Cranial Nerve Neoplasms business.industry Histopathological analysis Cranial nerves Rare entity General Medicine medicine.disease Accessory Nerve Diseases Radiology business Sternocleidomastoid muscle 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Neck Neurilemmoma |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | Schwannomas are benign tumours arising from Schwann cells in the peripheral nerve. The schwannoma of the accessory nerve is a very rare entity. We report a case of Schwannoma of the extracranial accessory nerve. A 22-year-old man presented with a slow-growing mass, located on the right upper neck. The patient did not have any neurological deficit. CT scan showed a hypodense mass behind sternocleidomastoid muscle. The suspected diagnosis was an adenopathy of the accessory spinal chain. Surgery was done via transcervical approach. The histopathological analysis concluded with a diagnosis of schwannoma. No recurrence was noted at the follow-up examination 29 months after surgery. |
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