title: Schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain: it's not a carotid body tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Solis
mesh_terms: 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