Malignant schwannoma of the cervical vagus nerve in a patient with neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease).
A patient with malignant schwannoma arising from the cervical vagus nerve has been described. Treatment consisted of wide en bloc resection of the tumor and adjacent carotid artery. A subclavian-middle cerebral arterial bypass procedure, using a saphenous vein graft, was performed. A course of postoperative radiotherapy was administered. The patient remains without evidence of disease 11 months following therapy.
D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1; D011859:Radiography; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000473:pathology