Unusual presentation of schwannoma.
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2000-07-06
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Schwannomas are slow growing benign tumours arising from the nerve sheath. Two cases of schwannoma arising from the vagus nerve are presented here. One case was found in a 6-year-old boy and another one in a 30-year-old man. In the first case the tumour was detected on the left side of the neck just below the angle of the mandible, and in the second case it was found on the lower part of the right side of the neck. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis as first one to be of Antoni-A type and the second one to be of Antoni-B type. Both the tumours were excised and on follow-up the patients were doing well.
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Chakraborty DK, Roy SK, Saha K, Majumdar S, Bhattacharjee PK. Unusual presentation of schwannoma. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 2000 Jul; 98(7): 394-5