Neurofibrosarcoma of the Vagus Nerve
- 2 March 1950
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 242 (9) , 324-326
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195003022420904
Abstract
NEUROGENIC tumors of the anterior mediastinum are comparatively rare. Kent et al.1 collected a personal series of 21 neurogenic tumors of the mediastinum at the Barnes Hospital and reviewed 105 cases discovered in the literature. There were only 2 anterior neurogenic tumors in the series at the Barnes Hospital, and only 3 additional cases were found in the literature. The following case report is unusual because of the finding of a vagus-nerve tumor presenting both in the neck and in the anterior superior mediastinum.Case ReportS. L., a 51-year-old machinist and World War I veteran, was admitted to the . . .Keywords
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