Sedat AYDIN, Aylin Ege GÜL, Ömer TAŞDEMİR, Arif ŞANLI

Horner’s syndrome post-excision of a huge cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma

Özet: Servikal sempatik zincir schwannomalan nadir görülen bir tümör olup tipik olarak boyunda asemptomatik bir kitle şeklinde ortaya çıkar. İlk muayene sırasında kolaylıkla karotis cisimciği tümörü ile karışabilir. Bu vaka takdiminde; nadir görülen büyük boyutlu postoperatif parsiyel Horner sendromuna yol açan servikal sempatik zincir schwannomasi sunuldu. Bu sebeple, şimdiye kadar literatürde sunulan en büyük boyutlu servikal sempatik zincir kaynaklı schwannoma vakasını sunmayı uygun bulduk.

Büyük boyutlu servikal sempatik zincir schwannomasının eksizyonu sonrasında gelişen horner sendromu

Abstract: Schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain is a rare nerve tumor. These lesions typically present as an asymptomatic neck mass and are easily mistaken for a carotid body tumor during the initial work-up. In this report, a rarely seen huge cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma case, who experienced partial Horner's syndrome postoperatively, is presented. We report a case of schwannoma on the cervical sympathetic chain, which to our knowledge is the largest reported in the current literature.

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