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- Title
Successful excision of a rare cervical neurofibroma arising from the phrenic nerve: a case report.
- Authors
Arishima, Hidetaka; Streichenberger, Nathalie; Sindou, Marc
- Abstract
The patient had an enlarging left-side neck mass without neurological symptoms. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a well-demarcated mass close to the left root of C4. During the surgery, we confirmed a tumour arising from the cervical phrenic nerve. Although neurogenic tumours of the phrenic nerve are associated with a high risk of causing hemidiaphragm palsy after the total excision, we could carry out a total excision without deficit. The pathological examination revealed a neurofibroma.
- Subjects
CASE studies; PHRENIC nerve; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; TUMORS; SURGICAL excision
- Publication
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2010, Vol 152, Issue 2, p327
- ISSN
0001-6268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00701-009-0338-x