Intrathoracic schwannoma originating from intrathoracic vagus nerve

George Samanidis; Meletios Kanakis; Loukas Kaklamanis; Despina N Perrea

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3287

Intrathoracic schwannoma originating from intrathoracic vagus nerve

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Aug 30;8(12):3583-3585. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3287. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

George Samanidis^{1

2}, Meletios Kanakis³, Loukas Kaklamanis⁴, Despina N Perrea²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center Athens Greece.
² Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research "N.S Christeas" Athens Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece.
³ Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center Athens Greece.
⁴ Department of Pathology Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center Athens Greece.

Abstract

In differential diagnosis of posterior mediastinal mass should be included the intrathoracic vagus nerve tumor. Surgical excision of intrathoracic vagus nerve schwannoma is associated with a low recurrence rate and excellent long-term results.

Keywords: mediastinum; neurilemmoma; schwannoma; vagus nerve.