title: Thoracoscopic excision of a malignant schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve.
abstract: Malignant schwannomas of the intrathoracic vagus nerve are rare tumors. A patient underwent resection of a mediastinal malignant schwannoma of the vagus nerve using video-assisted thoracoscopy, with no recurrence at 18 months.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014630:Vagus Nerve; D014741:Video Recording