Parapharyngeal Neurilemmoma of the Vagus Nerve
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Neurilemmoma of the Vagus Nerve in the Poststyloid Parapharyngeal Space.
We report a large vagal neurilemmoma in the poststyloid compartment of the parapharyngeal space. A 52-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a feeling of discomfort in the left upper neck. Computed tomography showed a 30mm x 30mm x 40mm mass with inhomogeneous internal enhancement in the left carotid space. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 30mm × 30mm × 40mm heterogeneous mass in t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
سال: 1976
ISSN: 1884-4545,0032-6313
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.69.513