A CASE OF INTRATHORACIC SCHWANNOMA ARISING IN THE VAGUS NERVE WITH NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2 (BILATERAL ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS)

A parapharyngeal space schwannoma arising from the vagus nerve: A case report

INTRODUCTION Tumours of the parapharyngeal space are rare. Only 0.5% of head and neck tumours occur in this space. Surgical excision of parapharyngeal space lesions is challenging because of the anatomical complexity of the area. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 31-year-old male patient was referred by his general dental practitioner for removal of lower wisdom teeth due to multiple episodes of pericor...

Epithelioid angiosarcoma arising in a vagus nerve schwannoma: A case report and literature review

Background: We describe a case of epithelioid angiosarcoma arising in the vagus nerve schwannoma of a 58 y old man. Case presentation: Angiosarcoma rarely arises in a schwannoma, and epithelioid angiosarcoma arising in a vagus nerve schwannoma is exceedingly rare. We reported such a case in a 58 y old man who did not have neurofibromatosis. A mass on the right neck along the vagus nerve was not...

Bilateral 'acoustic' neuromas.

Intrathoracic vagus nerve tumours.

Intrathoracic vagus nerve neurofibroma and sudden death in a patient with neurofibromatosis.

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.