title: [Do we have to remove a painless collar swelling along the carotid artery?].
abstract: Schwannoma are rare. We describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic workup and therapy in sympathetic chain schwannoma in a 54 year old patient. Besides the operative management the differential diagnosis of painless swelling at the carotid bifurcation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gefässchirurgie und Nierentransplantation (Direktor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. W. Sandmann) , Universitätsklinikum der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Siamak.Pourhassan@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pourhassan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Engers
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sandmann
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology