Extracranial neurogenic tumors of the head and neck,

Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia

Curioni, Otávio Alberto¹  Souza, Ricardo Pires de²  Jesus, Ana Carolina de³  Mercante, Ana Maria da Cunha⁴ 

[1] Centro Universitário Lusíada, São Paulo, Brazil;Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo, Brazil;Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

关键词: Neurilemmoma;    Neurofibromatosis;    Neurofibromatoses;    Neurofibrosarcoma;    Head and neck neoplasms.;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.08.012

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cervicofacial

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION:Peripheric nerve tumors typically derive from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheet. Since these tumors are uncommon, they should be considered in preoperative differential diagnosis.OBJECTIVE:To report the experience of a tertiary care department.METHODS:Forty-two patients with head and neck peripheral neurogenic tumors were retrospectively analyzed and evaluated from 1977 to 2013. The preoperative diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy or imaging study.RESULTS:The mean age was 41.7 and 15 patients (36%) were male. The mean size was 5.5 cm and 26 (61%) were located laterally in the neck. Most tumors (39.9%) presented as an asymptomatic neck mass. Most (39.9%) were resected through a neck approach. Cranial nerves were the commonest site of origin.CONCLUSIONS:Extracranial neurogenic tumors presented with a mean size of 5.5 cm, were located laterally in the neck, normally had their origin from cranial nerves, and their resection approach is cervical.

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