Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation

Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation

Schwanommas arising from cervical sympathetic chain are tumours that are rare in occurrence. These lesions are usually difficult to differentiate from a vagal schwanomma and a carotid body tumour during the initial workup. In this report, a rarely seen huge cervical sympathetic chain schwanomma ca...

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Main Authors: A. Affee Asma, E. Kannah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
horner’s syndrome
magnetic resonance angiogram
ptosis
splaying
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6693/14897_CE[Ra]_F(P)_PF1(EKAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf
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spelling doaj-76577860ebbb4c71979fa7fbca88aeec2020-11-25T03:29:25ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-10-01910PD08PD0910.7860/JCDR/2015/14897.6693Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare PresentationA. Affee Asma0E. Kannah1Professor, Department of General Surgery, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, India.Junior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, India.Schwanommas arising from cervical sympathetic chain are tumours that are rare in occurrence. These lesions are usually difficult to differentiate from a vagal schwanomma and a carotid body tumour during the initial workup. In this report, a rarely seen huge cervical sympathetic chain schwanomma case with partial Horner’s syndrome is being presented in detail, which to our known knowledge, is one of the few cases reported in literature. https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6693/14897_CE[Ra]_F(P)_PF1(EKAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfhorner’s syndromemagnetic resonance angiogramptosissplaying
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author A. Affee Asma
E. Kannah
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Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
horner’s syndrome
magnetic resonance angiogram
ptosis
splaying
author_facet A. Affee Asma
E. Kannah
author_sort A. Affee Asma
title Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation
title_short Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation
title_full Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation
title_fullStr Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Schwanomma From Cervical Sympathetic Chain Ganglion – A Rare Presentation
title_sort schwanomma from cervical sympathetic chain ganglion – a rare presentation
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2015-10-01
description Schwanommas arising from cervical sympathetic chain are tumours that are rare in occurrence. These lesions are usually difficult to differentiate from a vagal schwanomma and a carotid body tumour during the initial workup. In this report, a rarely seen huge cervical sympathetic chain schwanomma case with partial Horner’s syndrome is being presented in detail, which to our known knowledge, is one of the few cases reported in literature.
topic horner’s syndrome
magnetic resonance angiogram
ptosis
splaying
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