title: [Metastases under the perineurium of the n. vagus following the removal of a facial skin melanoma].
abstract: For the first time in Bulgaria a case is reported of facial melanoma metastases in the vagal nerve. They were successfully removed together with cervical lymph dissection. Surgical treatment was followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Control check up one year after the operation failed to disclose relapse or new metastases.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009333:Neck; D010306:Parotid Gland; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Metastazi pod perinevriuma na n. vagus sled otstraniavane na litsev kozhen melanom.