Cervical schwannoma.(HEAD AND NECK CLINIC)

From: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

A 60-year-old Hispanic man presented with a 3-year history of a progressively enlarging left neck mass. He denied any dyspnea, hoarseness, or otalgia. The mass was mobile, nonpulsatile, and nontender, and it measured 7 X 12 cm. Otherwise, findings on the complete head and neck examination were unremarkable.

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy yielded fragments of atypical squamous and stromal cell components. Computed tomography (CT) of the neck detected a left-sided 12 X 10 cm cystic mass that had anteriorly displaced the carotid artery and jugular vein (figure 1). The ...

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