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Ghali MGZ, Srinivasan VM, Jea A, Slopis JM, McCutcheon IE. Neurofibromas of the Phrenic Nerve: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurg 2016; 88:237-242. [PMID: 26746336 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.12.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Phrenic neurofibromas are a rare pathologic entity, with 9 cases described in the English literature. They may occur in conjunction with or independently of neurofibromatosis type 1. Phrenic neurofibromas pose distinct therapeutic challenges compared with the more common phrenic schwannoma. We describe here a 12-year-old boy with neurofibroma of the left phrenic nerve presenting as dextroposition of the heart after paralysis of the left hemidiaphragm allowed herniation of abdominal contents into the left hemithorax and displaced the heart. METHOD Surgical resection of the tumor followed by diaphragmatic plication was performed to assess its degree of malignancy, reduce abdominal herniation, and improve lung capacity. RESULTS The operation markedly improved his hemidiaphragmatic elevation. CONCLUSIONS The spectrum of management options ranges from conservative surveillance to open thoracic surgery. Functional preservation of the phrenic nerve is technically challenging, and although phrenic neurofibromas often present with absent function that cannot be recovered, surgical intervention can be fruitful in restoring lung capacity through diaphragmatic reconstruction.
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- Michael G Z Ghali
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Wu Z, Shi M, Wan H, Gao W, Liu H, Wang Z, Li Q. Thoracoscopic resection of a vagal schwannoma in the superior mediastinum: A case report. Oncol Lett 2014; 8:461-463. [PMID: 24959296 PMCID: PMC4063578 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Neurogenic tumors are the most common type of mediastinal tumor and constitute the majority of neoplasms of the posterior mediastinum. Schwannomas originating from the intrathoracic vagus nerve are extremely rare. The present study describes the case of a 58-year-old man with a large vagal schwannoma in the left superior mediastinum. A large tumor with a round shape was identified in the left superior mediastinum. The tumor originated from and encased the vagus nerve. Using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, the tumor was completely excised with amputation of the vagus nerve encased within in the tumor. One year post-surgery, the patient was free of recurrence with no symptoms other than hoarseness.
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- Zhiqiang Wu
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital, Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China
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Kirschbaum A, Ritz R, Pehl A, Bartsch D. Giant intrathoracic left-sided vagal schwannoma. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2013; 2:19-22. [PMID: 25360405 PMCID: PMC4176068 DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1337368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
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Extensive intrathoracic tumors are rarely diagnosed radiologically without pre-existing symptoms. If located in the posterior mediastinum, it is most probably a neurogenic tumor. Schwannoma is the most frequent neurogenic neoplasia in this location, and most schwannomas are benign. To specify the diagnosis, a thoracic computed tomography must be done; if the growth is close to the medullary canal, a magnetic resonance tomography of the spinal column is necessary to detect neuroforamen infiltration. Our surgical goal was complete excision of the tumor, although many authors favor a minimally invasive approach. In our patient we performed open, en bloc removal of the tumor; removal of parts of the intraforamen was also necessary, which necessitated revision of the affected neuroforamen. Histologically this was a very rare case of vagal schwannoma (which has an incidence of less than 6% of all neurogenic tumors). This patient has a very promising prognosis following complete tumor resection.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Marburg University Hospital, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Marburg University Hospital, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Marburg University Hospital, Marburg, Germany
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Song SW, Jun BC, Cho KJ, Lee S, Kim YJ, Park SH. CT evaluation of vocal cord paralysis due to thoracic diseases: a 10-year retrospective study. Yonsei Med J 2011; 52:831-7. [PMID: 21786449 PMCID: PMC3159943 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.5.831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To discuss computed tomography (CT) evaluation of the etiology of vocal cord paralysis (VCP) due to thoracic diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS From records from the past 10 years at our hospital, we retrospectively reviewed 115 cases of VCP that were evaluated with CT. Of these 115 cases, 36 patients (23 M, 13 F) had VCP due to a condition within the thoracic cavity. From these cases, we collected the following information: sex, age distribution, side of paralysis, symptom onset date, date of diagnosis, imaging, and primary disease. The etiology of VCP was determined using both historical information and diagnostic imaging. Imaging procedures included chest radiograph, CT of neck or chest, and esophagography or esophagoscopy. RESULTS Thirty-three of the 36 patients with thoracic disease had unilateral VCP (21 left, 12 right). Of the primary thoracic diseases, malignancy was the most common (19, 52.8%), with 18 of the 19 malignancies presenting with unilateral VCP. The detected malignant tumors in the chest consisted of thirteen lung cancers, three esophageal cancers, two metastatic tumors, and one mediastinal tumor. We also found other underlying etiologies of VCP, including one aortic arch aneurysm, five iatrogenic, six tuberculosis, one neurofibromatosis, three benign nodes, and one lung collapse. A chest radiograph failed to detect eight of the 19 primary malignancies detected on the CT. Nine patients with lung cancer developed VCP between follow-ups and four of them were diagnosed with a progression of malignancy upon CT evaluation of VCP. CONCLUSION CT is helpful for the early detection of primary malignancy or progression of malignancy between follow-ups. Moreover, it can reveal various non-malignant causes of VCP.
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- Sun Wha Song
- Department of Radiology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Mordant P, Le Pimpec-Barthes F, Riquet M. [Neurogenic tumors of the mediastinum in adults]. REVUE DE PNEUMOLOGIE CLINIQUE 2010; 66:81-94. [PMID: 20207300 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2009.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In adults, mediastinal neurogenic tumours constitute the third group of mediastinal tumours, after thymomas and lymphomas. If the group of neurogenic tumour is frequent, each type of tumour is relatively unusual in everyday's clinic. Among them, nerve sheath tumours are the more frequent, followed by tumour of the autonomic system. Askin tumour remains uncommon. Treatment of this tumour requires complete preoperative work-up, including standard radiography, CT-scan, MRI, and sometimes nuclear imaging. In most cases, the treatment is based on surgical resection, and may be associated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy in case of malignant tumour or incomplete resection. Better understanding of these tumours, including their molecular abnormalities, may lead to new changes in their classifications, and to their management.
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- P Mordant
- Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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Fibla Alfara JJ, Farina Ríos C, Gómez Sebastián G, Penagos Tafur JC, Estrada Saló G, León González C. Neurofibroma del vago intratorácico en paciente con enfermedad de Von Recklinghausen. Cir Esp 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-739x(03)72119-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Kelly Seymour-Dempsey
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the MD Anderson Cancer Center, 77030, USA
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Suemitsu I, Maeda H, Toyooka S, Hato S, Kaji M, Ohya T. [Intrathoracic vagal nerve schwannoma preoperative diagnosis is correct because of clinical and characteristic CT findings--a case report and review of the literature]. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY = NIHON KYOBU GEKA GAKKAI ZASSHI 1998; 46:312-7. [PMID: 9584483 DOI: 10.1007/bf03217748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A 60-year-old man was operated with the clinical diagnosis of intrathoracic vagal nerve schwannoma because of characteristic CT findings and no symptom of neurofibromatosis. Thoracoscopic surgery was performed and it was confirmed pathologically. Intrathoracic vagal nerve tumor is rare, so preoperative diagnosis seems to be difficult. We review the intrathoracic vagal nerve tumors reported in Japan (52 cases of schwannoma and 9 cases of neurofibroma), and analyzed the tumor location, furthermore, the relationship of neurofibromatosis and schwannoma and neurofibroma on vagal nerve tumor.
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- I Suemitsu
- Department of Radiology, Mitoyo General Hospital, Kagawa, Japan
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Heras F, Ramos G, Castanedo M, Cortejoso A, Duque JL, Yuste MG. [Schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve]. Arch Bronconeumol 1997; 33:360-2. [PMID: 9410439 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)30586-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Schwannomas, or neurilemomas, are tumors that originate in the sheaths covering peripheral nerve fibers. They are usually encapsulated, slow growing, and asymptomatic. Such tumors may appear in any nerve, although most are found in the extremities. Intrathoracic vagus schwannomas are very rare and only 72 cases have been reported. We present a new case in a 39-year-old man in whom chest film showed a well-defined, homogeneous mass measuring 3 cm in diameter located in the left para-aortic region. The presence of a smooth tumor on the vagus nerve and recurrent loop was confirmed by left lateral thoracotomy. After removal, the tumor was shown to be a vagal nerve schwannoma.
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- F Heras
- Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario de Valladolid
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Malignant schwannomas of the intrathoracic vagus nerve are rare tumors. A patient underwent resection of a mediastinal malignant schwannoma of the vagus nerve using video-assisted thoracoscopy, with no recurrence at 18 months.
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- R L Singer
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sugio K, Inoue T, Inoue K, Tateishi M, Ishida T, Sugimachi K. Neurogenic tumors of the mediastinum originated from the vagus nerve. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 1995; 21:214-6. [PMID: 7720904 DOI: 10.1016/s0748-7983(95)90798-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Thirty-nine patients with neurogenic tumors observed between 1974 to 1992 were reviewed. There were 32 patients with neurilemoma, one with neurofibroma, five with ganglioneuroma, and one with malignant neurilemoma. Two cases of neurilemoma originated from the vagus nerve, which is very rare. Surgical resection is recommended, not only to confirm the nature of the lesion, but also to prevent further growth and compression on adjacent structures. For benign encapsulated neurogenic tumors, resection is curative.
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- K Sugio
- Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Katoh J, Yoshii S, Suzuki O, Hosaka S, Hashimoto R, Tada Y. Mediastinal vagal neurilemmoma causing tracheal stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109:184-5. [PMID: 7815798 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(95)70438-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- J Katoh
- Second Department of Surgery, Yamanashi Medical University, Japan
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Yano T, Hara N, Ichinose Y, Maeda K, Yokoyama H, Ohta M. An intrathoracic vagus nerve schwannoma invading the trachea. Surg Today 1993; 23:1113-5. [PMID: 8118129 DOI: 10.1007/bf00309105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A patient with a schwannoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve is presented. The tumor invaded the trachea and caused dyspnea. It was successfully excised by a segmental resection of the trachea with end-to-end anastomosis. This instance of an intrathoracic vagus tumor invading the trachea is, as far as we know, the first reported in the world.
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- T Yano
- Department of Chest Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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Chow LT, Shum BS, Chow WH. Intrathoracic vagus nerve neurofibroma and sudden death in a patient with neurofibromatosis. Thorax 1993; 48:298-9. [PMID: 8497833 PMCID: PMC464381 DOI: 10.1136/thx.48.3.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A 21 year old man with type 1 neurofibromatosis was found dead in the middle of the night. Postmortem examination revealed a large neurofibroma arising from the right intrathoracic vagus nerve, which might have contributed to his sudden death.
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- L T Chow
- Institute of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Jakobsen EB, Pettersson G, Pedersen H, Nielsen HW. Neurofibrosarcoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve. Case report. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 1993; 27:109-11. [PMID: 8211005 DOI: 10.3109/14017439309098700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A rare case of neurofibrosuarcoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve in a man with von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis is reported. Magnetic resonance imaging accurately demonstrated the tumour and its relations to surgically important structures. Resection, in accordance with general recommendations for such tumours, was successfully performed.
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- E B Jakobsen
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Le Marc'hadour F, Pinel N, Martal S, Pasquier B, Sarrazin R. Intrathoracic schwannoma of the vagus nerve. Histopathology 1992; 20:75-7. [PMID: 1737630 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1992.tb00922.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- F Le Marc'hadour
- Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Grenoble, France
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Lee KS, Im JG, Kim IY, Kim PN, Han MC, Kim CW. Tumours involving the intrathoracic vagus and phrenic nerves demonstrated by computed tomography: anatomical features. Clin Radiol 1991; 44:302-5. [PMID: 1760905 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)81263-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Four cases of mediastinal tumours involving the intrathoracic vagus and phrenic nerves are presented and their computed tomographic (CT) features are described with particular attention to the intrathoracic course of these nerves. One case of mediastinal plexiform neurofibromatosis appeared as a series of low attenuation masses along the intrathoracic course of the nerves. Three examples of neurilemmomas of the vagus nerve appeared as masses with central low attenuation; one in the retrocaval area, one to the left of the aortic arch, and one in the right paraoesophageal area. Familiarity with the CT anatomy of the vagus and phrenic nerves will greatly assist in the diagnosis of mediastinal tumours.
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- K S Lee
- Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Chunan, Korea
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Two patients had resection of a middle mediastinal neurilemmoma of the vagus nerve. Twenty-seven other neurogenic tumors of the intrathoracic vagus are reviewed. These tumors are generally asymptomatic except for hoarseness in an occasional patient.
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- R R Dabir
- Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
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Shirakusa T, Tsutsui M, Montonaga R, Takata S, Yoshomine K, Kondo K, Yoshida T. Intrathoracic tumors arising from the vagus nerve. Review of resected tumors in Japan. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 1989; 23:173-5. [PMID: 2665061 DOI: 10.3109/14017438909105989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Nineteen surgically treated intrathoracic vagus nerve tumors (16 neurilemmomas, 3 neurofibromas), including three treated by the authors, were reviewed. Tumor resection with vagus nerve amputation was performed in 14 and intracapsular excision without nerve amputation in 3 of the 17 adequately recorded cases. The location of vagus nerve tumor was the left upper mediastinum in 11 patients, almost all of whom were hoarse postoperatively due to sacrifice of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
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- T Shirakusa
- Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Aughenbaugh GL. Thoracic Manifestations of Neurocutaneous Diseases. Radiol Clin North Am 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(22)01187-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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A patient whose symptoms of cough and intermittent hoarseness were due to a neurofibrosarcoma of the vagus nerve is described. Attention is drawn to the rarity of the tumour and a short review of the pathology and treatment of neurofibrosarcoma is discussed.
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Ayers AB. Book reviewsRoentgenologic diagnosis. Vols. I and II. By TeplikJ. G. and HaskinM. E., pp. 1478, illus., 1976 (W. B. Saunders Co., Sussex), £48·75. Br J Radiol 1978. [DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-51-603-219-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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sherwood T. Book reviewsDictionary of Medical Ethics. Edited by DuncanA. S., DunstanG. R. and WelbournR. B., pp. 336, 1977 (London, Darton, Longman and Todd), £4·90. Br J Radiol 1978. [DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-51-603-219-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The patient was a 60-year-old white male who, for 18 months, had complained of a substernal wheeze on exertion, exertional dyspnoea and cough, and attacks of acute respiratory distress. There was no haemoptysis or dyshpagia and he was treated for bronchial asthma until bronchoscopy revealed the tumour which had not been recognized in plain chest films. He showed no evidence of a neurofibromatosis and apart from reduction in pulmonary function tests on a PO2 of 74, his laboratory tests were negative. There was no family history of neurofibromatosis. He underwent thoracotomy and a smooth rounded pedunculated tumour, 2.5 cm in diameter, arising from the posterior wall of the trachea, 3 cm above the carina was excised. He has had no tumour recurrence.
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