Intrathoracic vagus nerve tumours

Intrathoracic vagus nerve tumours.

Neurilemmoma of the intrathoracic vagus nerve.

A neurilemmoma (Schwannoma) of the left intrathoracic vagus nerve was discovered on a chest radiograph of a 28 yr old woman and was removed via a left thoracotomy. Although neurogenic tumours are the most common tumours of the mediastinum, they rarely involve the intrathoracic vagus nerve.

Intrathoracic neural tumours.

The experience of one regional thoracic surgical unit in managing intrathoracic neural tumours over a 25-year period is presented. Neural tumour was diagnosed in 55 patients, of whom 41 were asymptomatic. In 11 patients complete resection was not achieved--the reasons for this and its effect on the outcome of the patient are discussed. There were 52 posterior mediastinal and three lateral chest...

Primary intrathoracic neural tumours.

TERMINOLOGY Each axon cylinder is encased in a sheath of Schwann cells, and the tumour arising from this, the specific nerve sheath, is the Schwannoma or neurilemmoma. Groups of axon cylinders comprising a peripheral nerve are enmeshed in a non-specific sheath of fibrous tissue, and tumours arising from this non-specific nerve sheath are neurofibromata. In some nerve sheath tumours clear histol...

Intrathoracic vagus nerve neurofibroma and sudden death in a patient with neurofibromatosis.

A 21 year old man with type 1 neurofibromatosis was found dead in the middle of the night. Postmortem examination revealed a large neurofibroma arising from the right intrathoracic vagus nerve, which might have contributed to his sudden death.