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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
Surgeons should be aware that any mass in the region of the cranial nerves, brachial plexus, cervical sympathetic plexus, or a major peripheral nerve can be of neurogenic origin. Solitary neurogenic tumors of the head and neck can simulate metastatic masses or congenital lesions. If they are resected unrecognized and/or without regard to their nerve origin, major and permanent nerve defects can unnecessarily occur. Thirty-two patients, 16 males and 16 females, ranging in age from 5 to 69 years, had 33 extracranial solitary neurogenic neoplasms resected. The nerves involved were the cervical sympathetic plexus in 7 patients, branchial plexus in 6, spinal accessory nerve in 5, vagus nerve in 4, hypoglossal nerve in 3, facial nerve in 2, and 6 other nerves in 1 patient each. The technique is to dissect out the neurilemoma without destroying the nerve sheath or nerve trunk. Despite careful dissection, the four patients with masses of the vagus nerve had permanent ipsilateral cord paralysis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0002-9610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Brachial Plexus, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Cervical Plexus, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Facial Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Facial Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Head and Neck Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Hypoglossal Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Laryngeal Nerves, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Spinal Nerves, pubmed-meshheading:8214306-Vagus Nerve
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Face and neck neurogenic neoplasms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article