Cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma mimicking a carotid body tumor: a case report
Uzun, L.; Ugur, M.Birol.; Ozdemir, H.
Tumori 91(1): 84-86
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8916 PMID: 15850012 Document Number: 592742
Carotid body tumor (CBT), the most common tumor of the carotid bifurcation, presents as a pulsatile mass. Cervical a sympathetic chain (CSC) schwannomas are slow growing lesions originating from myelin-producing Schwann cells. They may appear pulsatile due to the displacement of vascular mass. structures by the non-vascular mass and thus may mimic a CBT. A case of CSC schwannoma masquerading as CBT In a cells. 25-year-old woman is presented and discussed here.