title: [Vagal nerve neurinoma: a case report].
abstract: A case of asymptomatic 44-year-old male patient with moderate arterial hypertension, misdiagnosed as aortic aneurysm, is reported. Additional diagnostics (transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, CT scan) revealed the presence of mediastinal tumor, diagnosed at operation as vagal neurinoma. Early and late results of therapy are described.
authors.affiliation: III Katedry i Kliniki Kardiologii Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boczkowska-Gaik
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pawłowski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filipowski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Czyzewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*