Lateral cervical approach combined with posterior thoracotomy for the treatment of giant neurilemmoma of the chest involving the neck

Schwannoma of the Cervical Vagus with Intrathoracic Extension

Schwannomas are the rare benign tumors of the neck. Patients developing from the brachial plexus and cervical truncus and extending to the posterior mediastinum have been reported, but for the first time the following case report describes the extension of a vagal origin schwannoma from the anterior and middle mediastinum and its extraction with thoracotomy without sternotomy.