title: Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma mimicking a carotid body tumor: a case report.
abstract: Carotid body tumor (CBT), the most common tumor of the carotid bifurcation, presents as a pulsatile mass. Cervical sympathetic chain (CSC) schwannomas are slow growing lesions originating from myelin-producing Schwann cells. They may appear pulsatile due to the displacement of vascular structures by the non-vascular mass and thus may mimic a CBT. A case of CSC schwannoma masquerading as CBT in a 25-year-old woman is presented and discussed here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Zonguldak Karaelmas University School of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey. luzun99@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Lokman
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Uzun
authors.forename: Mehmet Birol
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
mesh_terms: D000320:Adrenergic Fibers; D000328:Adult; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*