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Neurilemmomas of the cervical vagus nerve
Author(s) -
Park Cheong Soo,
Suh Kwang Wook,
Kim Choon Kyu
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.2880130512
Subject(s) - enucleation , medicine , vagus nerve , neurilemoma , swallowing , neck mass , surgery , anatomy , schwannoma , stimulation
Four patients were seen with neurilemmoma which arose in the cervical vagus nerve. Three tumors arose in the upper third of the lateral neck, and the remaining one in the lower third. Lateral neck mass was a prominent symptom in 3 patients, and parapharyngeal mass in the remaining one. The parapharyngeal mass bulged into the oropharynx in the tonsillar and retrotonsillar region and caused mild swallowig difficulty. Complete surgical extirpation by means of intracapsular enucleation was possible in all 4 patients. All patients remained free of disease for periods ranging from 15 to 75 months following surgery. It would appear that an intracapsular enucleation may be advisable for clearance of this kind of tumor.