title: [Tumors of the phrenic nerve].
abstract: A schwannoma of the phrenic nerve is a rare disorder which presents as a tumour of the anterior mediastinum. It is seen in adults and is usually latent. We report two cases in elderly subjects in whom the phrenic nerve tumour had achieved a significant size. One of these schwannomas had degenerated into sarcomatous change which is the first case reported to the present time.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Laennec, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Pimpec-Barthes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martinod
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riquet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saint-Blancard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jancovici
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins; D014746:Vimentin