Schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain: it's not a carotid body tumor.
Schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain is a rare nerve tumor with fewer than 40 confirmed cases in the English literature. These lesions typically present as an asymptomatic neck mass and are easily mistaken for a carotid body tumor during the initial workup. We report a case of schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain in a 35-year-old man followed by a review of the current literature.
Souza
J W
JW
Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, USA.
Williams
J T
JT
Dalton
M L
ML
Solis
M M
MM
D000328:Adult; D002344:Carotid Body; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery