INTRATEMPORAL SARCOMA OF THE FACIAL NERVE
- 1 November 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 52 (5) , 778-781
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1950.00700030804008
Abstract
Tumors of the nerves can, according to Gagel,1be divided into two main groups: (1) tumors consisting entirely of ectodermal tissue or of both ectodermal and mesodermal tissue, and (2) tumors of mesodermal origin. Each of these main groups are divided into several subgroups, as described in detail by Gagel1and Busch and Christensen.2 To the first of the two main groups the neurinomas belong; to the second, the sarcomas. The neurinomas arise from the cells of the sheath of Schwann and are composed partly of Schwann cells, partly of connective tissue; they do not contain true neural tissue Antoni,3Verocay4). The tumors are benign, grow by expansion and may arise from the peripheral as well as from the cranial nerves, among the latter, particularly the acoustic nerve. The term "neurogenous sarcoma" may seem self-contradictory, so far as the nerve itself is of ectodermal origin and the sarcoma ofKeywords
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