Vagus nerve schwannoma in the middle mediastinum.
Intrathoracic neurogenic tumors are generally located in the posterior mediastinum. They usually arise from an intercostal nerve or a sympathetic chain. Tumors originating from the vagus nerve in the middle mediastinum are extremely rare. This report describes a patient with a huge intrathoracic schwannoma of the vagus nerve in the middle mediastinum and reviews the literature.
Huang
T-W
TW
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yang
M-H
MH
Cheng
Y-L
YL
Tsai
W-C
WC
Lee
S-C
SC
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020421:Vagus Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery