title: Malignant schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve: report of a case.
abstract: We report herein the case of a 48-year-old man with malignant schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve associated with von Recklinghausen's disease. Malignant intrathoracic vagal tumors are extremely rare and to our knowledge, only four other cases have been documented in the literature, none of which were associated with von Recklinghausen's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maebeya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yosimasu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishino
mesh_terms: D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D014630:Vagus Nerve