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ea0016p275 | Endocrine tumours | ECE2008

Nerve vagus schwannoma

Karatas Adem , Duren Mete , Karabulut Kagan , Hatemi Husrev , Ates Guler Turkes , Giray Serdar

Introduction: Schwannomas are benign, encapsulated, solitary, slow-growing tumors which originate from nerve sheath cells in cranial, periferic, symphathetic nerve system. Aproximately, 25–45% of schwannomas are in head and neck region. N. Vagus Schwannoma are seen relatively, rarely. The patients frequently apply with a slow-growing, painless servical mass. Malign transformation is unusual.Case report: The patient 37 years old applied to our clinic...