[Malignant schwannoma of the neck]

An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am. 1999;26(5):477-86.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Malignant schwannoma (MS) is a tumor of the peripheral nervous system, extremely rare when settled in head and neck. Conversely these two are preferable locations for benign schwannomata. We report a feminine patient, 74-year-old, with a right laterocervical massa, evolving in 3 months, surgically removed and postoperative radiotherapeutic treatment, which remains asymptomatic since one year and a half.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cobalt Radioisotopes / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Neurilemmoma / diagnosis*
  • Neurilemmoma / pathology
  • Neurilemmoma / radiotherapy
  • Neurilemmoma / surgery
  • Radioisotope Teletherapy
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant

Substances

  • Cobalt Radioisotopes