Solitary fibrous tumour of the vagus nerve.

Adult; Female; Humans; Hypesthesia/etiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue/diagnosis; Solitary Fibrous Tumors/diagnosis; Vagus Nerve/pathology

Abstract :

[en] We describe the complete removal of a foramen magnum solitary fibrous tumour in a 36-year-old woman. It originated on a caudal vagus nerve rootlet, classically described as the 'cranial' accessory nerve root. This ninth case of immunohistologically confirmed cranial or spinal nerve SFT is the first of the vagus nerve.

Disciplines :

Surgery
Neurology

Author, co-author :

Scholsem, Martin

SCHOLTES, Félix ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurochirurgie

Language :

English

Title :

Solitary fibrous tumour of the vagus nerve.

Publication date :

2012

Journal title :

British Journal of Neurosurgery

ISSN :

0268-8697

eISSN :

1360-046X

Publisher :

Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

293-5

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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