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Pages 360-362 (July - August 1997)
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Vol. 33. Issue 7.
Pages 360-362 (July - August 1997)
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Schwannoma del nervio vago intratorácico
Intrathoracic vagus nerve schwannoma
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F. Heras1, G. Ramos, M. Castanedo, J.L. Duque, M.G. Yuste
Servicio de Cirugía Torácica. Hospital Universitario de Valladolid
A. Cortejoso*
* Servicio de Anatomía Patológica. Hospital Universitario de Valladolid
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Los schwannomas o neurilemomas son tumores que se originan en las vainas que recubren las fibras nerviosas de los nervios periféricos. Generalmente son tumores encapsulados, de crecimiento lento y asintomáticos. Pueden aparecer en cualquier nervio, aunque son más frecuentes en los de las extremidades. Los schwannomas del nervio intratorácico son muy raros y solamente se han descrito 72 casos. Presentamos un nuevo caso en un varón de 39 años que en la radiografía de tórax mostraba en la región paraaórtica izquierda una masa homogénea, bien delimitada, de 3cm de diámetro. Por toracotomía lateral izquierda se comprobó la existencia de una tumoración lisa en relación con el nervio vago y el asa del recurrente. Tras la exéresis se confirmó que el tumor correspondía a un schwannoma del nervio vago.

Palabras clave:
Tumores del mediastino
Tumores del nervio vago
Schwannomas

Schwannomas, or neurilemomas, are tumors that originate in the sheaths covering peripheral nerve fibers. They are usually encapsulated, slow growing, and asymptomatic. Such tumors may appear in any nerve, although most are found in the extremities. Intrathoracic vagus schwannomas are very rare and only 72 cases have been reported. We present a new case in a 39-year-old man in whom chest film showed a well-defined, homogeneous mass measuring 3cm in diameter located in the left para-aortic region. The presence of a smooth tumor on the vagus nerve and recurrent loop was confirmed by left lateral thoracotomy. After removal, the tumor was shown to be a vagal nerve schwannoma.

Key words:
Mediastinal tumors
Vagal nerve tumors
Schwannomas
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