title: [Surgical treatement by intracapsular enucleation of cervical peripheral neural sheath tumors].
abstract: Schwannomas and neurofibromas are benign tumors of the peripheral neural sheath tumors (PNST), representing 5% of soft tissue tumors. Cervical PNST are mainly located on the vagus nerve or in the sympathetic nervous system. The treatment is based on a tumor resection with preservation of nerve function. Classical surgery consists in total tumor removal after dissection of the nerve and is frequently complicated by nerve paralysis. The authors describe a simpler surgical technique consisting in a resection of the intracapsular enucleation of PNST that can limit the risk of nerve injury without increasing recidivism. The description of this surgical technique is illustrated by its use in a type I neurofibromatosis patient with a large vagal nerve neurofibroma.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raguin
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Alhabib
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dupret-Bories
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D014630:Vagus Nerve; D020421:Vagus Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*