Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma : a case report

Joint Authors

Nasif, Ines
Quddus, Iskandar
Atiyyah, Ziyad
Touati, Salim
Gritli, Said

Source

Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences

Issue

Vol. 15, Issue 2 (30 Jul. 2014), pp.169-172, 4 p.

Publisher

Egyptian Society of Ear Nose Throat and Allied Science

Publication Date

2014-07-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Medicine

Topics

Abstract EN

Nerve tumors arising from the sympathetic chain are uncommon slow-growing tumors and represent a diagnosis challenge.

Their malignant degeneration is rare.

Definitive pre-operative diagnosis may be difficult as investigations are not usually helpful.

We report the case of a 23-year old woman who presented with an asymptomatic solitary left cervical swelling.

She was evaluated with sonography and computed tomography.

Complete surgical excision of the lesion was carried out and histologic examination revealed a schwannoma.

Post-operatively, the patient showed clinical findings of Horner’s syndrome.

Pathologic and radiological evaluation, differential diagnosis of this neoplasm and its management are discussed.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Nasif, Ines& Quddus, Iskandar& Atiyyah, Ziyad& Touati, Salim& Gritli, Said. 2014. Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma : a case report. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences،Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.169-172.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Quddus, Iskandar…[et al.]. Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma : a case report. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences Vol. 15, no. 2 (Jul. 2014), pp.169-172.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Nasif, Ines& Quddus, Iskandar& Atiyyah, Ziyad& Touati, Salim& Gritli, Said. Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma : a case report. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences. 2014. Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.169-172.
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Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 172

Record ID

BIM-385490