Abstract
Cervical vagal schwannomas are rare, slow growing tumours usually occur in patients between thirty and fifty years of age with no sex related predisposition. They are usually asymptomatic benign lesion and complete surgical resection with preservation of neural pathway, whenever possible is the treatment of choice.Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol; October 2015; 21(2): 115-118
Highlights
IntroductionCervical vagal schwannomas are rare, slow growing tumours usually reported to occur in patients between thirty and fifty years of age with no sex related predisposition[2,5,8,9,10,11]
Cervical vagal schwannomas are rare, slow growing tumours usually reported to occur in patients between thirty and fifty years of age with no sex related predisposition[2,5,8,9,10,11].They are usually asymptomatic benign lesion and complete surgical resection with preservation of neural pathway, whenever possible is the treatment of choice[3,4].Imaging plays a central role in diagnosing vagal schwannomas.1
Contrast enhanced CT scan and MRI neck revealed a large mass in the right carotid space between the right common carotid artery and theright internal jugular vein with extension and displacement of surroundings structures, suggesting vagal paraganglioma or vagal schwannoma as a close possibility [Fig-1]
Summary
Cervical vagal schwannomas are rare, slow growing tumours usually reported to occur in patients between thirty and fifty years of age with no sex related predisposition[2,5,8,9,10,11]. They are usually asymptomatic benign lesion and complete surgical resection with preservation of neural pathway, whenever possible is the treatment of choice[3,4]. 3. Associate Professor, Departmen ENT and Head Neck Oncology, Chittaranjan National cancer Institute, West Bengal, India, PIN700026.
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