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Schwannoma of the Cervical Sympathetic Chain: It's Not a Carotid Body Tumor

2000; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 66; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/000313480006600111

1555-9823

John W. Souza, John T. Williams, Martin L. Dalton, Maurice M. Solis,

Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain is a rare nerve tumor with fewer than 40 confirmed cases in the English literature. These lesions typically present as an asymptomatic neck mass and are easily mistaken for a carotid body tumor during the initial workup. We report a case of schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain in a 35-year-old man followed by a review of the current literature.