An intrathoracic vagus nerve schwannoma invading the trachea.
A patient with a schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve is presented. The tumor invaded the trachea and caused dyspnea. It was successfully excised by a segmental resection of the trachea with end-to-end anastomosis. This instance of an intrathoracic vagus tumor invading the trachea is, as far as we know, the first reported in the world.
Yano
T
T
Department of Chest Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hara
N
N
Ichinose
Y
Y
Maeda
K
K
Yokoyama
H
H
Ohta
M
M
D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve