Neurofibroma of the vagus nerve in the cervical portion.
OBJECTIVE
Neurofibromas of the vagus nerve on the neck are very rare. They are asymptomatic, slowly growing. We have seen only one case of neurofibroma of the vagus nerve in the mentioned location during last 22 years.


METHODS
33-year-old patient with negative family history. She has observed increasing swelling on the right side of the neck for about 2 years. She complained of the disorders of swallowing, expectoration, aspiration episodes, strider, intermittent palpitations, breathlessness, frequent airway infections. Magnetic resonance (MR) and angiography (AG) showed expansion in the mentioned location.


CONCLUSIONS
We present our experiences with neurosurgical management of neurofibroma of the vagus nerve in the cervical portion using microscopic technique. We found only 9 described cases of surgical treatment of the neurofibroma of the vagus nerve in the neck location in available literature till 2007 (Fig. 6, Ref. 9).
Matejcik
V
V
Department of Neurosurgery, Derer,s Faculty Hospital, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Steno
J
J
Haviarova
Z
Z
Mravec
B
B
D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D020421:Vagus Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology*