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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 62(02): 186-188
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1311547
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Intrathoracic Vagus Nerve Tumor: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Masaya Tamura
1   Department of Surgery, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan
,
Yosuke Shimizu
1   Department of Surgery, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan
,
Yasuo Hashizume
1   Department of Surgery, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan
,
Yasuharu Kaizaki
2   Department of Pathology, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan
,
Isao Matsumoto
3   Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
,
Makoto Oda
3   Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
,
Go Watanabe
3   Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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15 December 2011

24 January 2012

Publication Date:
20 July 2012 (online)

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Abstract

We present the case of a 23-year-old female with benign intrathoracic vagal neurofibroma associated with von Recklinghausen's disease. We reviewed 87 other neurogenic tumors of the intrathoracic vagus nerve and discuss the incidence rate of complications, especially the relationship between tumor location, tumor size, and preservation of the nerve in this case report.

Keywords

intrathoracic vagal tumor - malignant schwannoma - von Recklinghausen's disease
 

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