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Sympathetic neurilemmoma

MedGen UID:
236964
•Concept ID:
C1336543
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Sympathetic Neurilemmoma; sympathetic neurilemmoma; Sympathetic Schwannoma; sympathetic schwannoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002554

Definition

A benign tumor derived from schwann cells of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system, including the sympathetic plexus. [from NCI]

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Diagnosis and management of schwannomas originating from the cervical vagus nerve.
Behuria S, Rout TK, Pattanayak S
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2015 Mar;97(2):92-7. doi: 10.1308/003588414X14055925058355. PMID: 25723683Free PMC Article
Diagnostic approach, treatment, and outcomes of cervical sympathetic chain schwannomas: a global narrative review.
Navaie M, Sharghi LH, Cho-Reyes S, Keefe MA, Howie BA, Setzen G
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014 Dec;151(6):899-908. Epub 2014 Sep 11 doi: 10.1177/0194599814549550. PMID: 25214550
Tumors of the cervical sympathetic chain--diagnosis and management.
Langerman A, Rangarajan SV, Athavale SM, Pham MQ, Sinard RJ, Netterville JL
Head Neck 2013 Jul;35(7):930-3. Epub 2012 Sep 24 doi: 10.1002/hed.23050. PMID: 23002012

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