Open AccessSCHWANNOMA OF THE CERVICAL SYMPATHETIC CHAIN
Author(s) -
Mahmood Shishegar,
Abdul Hameed Chohedri,
Seyed Ali Mosavi,
Mohammad Javad Ashraf,
Seyed Hossein Hosseini
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.02.2954
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , neck mass , paraganglioma , schwannoma , complication , carotid body , radiology , neck pain , surgery , carotid bifurcation , stenosis , pathology , carotid arteries , alternative medicine
Schwannomas are benign, slow-growing tumors that arise from Schwann cells of the nerve sheath. Those originatingfrom the sympathetic cervical chain are extremely rare and usually presents as an asymptomatic neck mass. Here we report a case ofschwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain in a 32-year-old man who had asymptomatic neck mass for 6 months. But it appearedpulsatile due to the anterior displacement of carotid sheath by the mass and thus mimics a carotid body tumor. As discussed in this reportCT scan with contrast is enough for ruling out paraganglioma and imposing extra expense for MRI and angiography is unnecessary .Theonly rare complication encountered after surgery was Horner's syndrome, which required no treatment.