Schwannoma of the Spinal Accessory Nerve: A Case Report
Published: August 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3270
Ritesh Kohli, Surinder Singh, Ashwani K. Gupta, Prithpal S. Matreja
1. Ex-Resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala 147001, India.
2. Professor & Head, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala 147001, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College, Ram Nagar, Rajpura, Patiala 140601, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College, Ram Nagar, Rajpura, Patiala 140601, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Prithpal Singh Matreja,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ramnagar, Patiala, India.
Phone: + 91-9855001847, +91-1762-507118
Fax: +91-1762-520024, Email: drpsmatreja@yahoo.co.in
We are reporting a rare case of a schwannoma which originated from the cervical portion of the spinal accessory nerve, which was located in the left posterior triangle of the neck and did not have any neurological deficit, which was diagnosed by the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan and confirmed histopathologically after surgery.
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