title: An intrathoracic vagus nerve schwannoma invading the trachea.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: 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