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Accessory nerve schwannoma extending extracranially to the second cervical level of vertebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. Nakashima*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan.
K. Tomita
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan.
Takuya Uemura
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan.
Toshio Matsushima
Affiliation:
From the Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan.
Masashi Fukui
Affiliation:
From the Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan.
*
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan.

Abstract

We described a 67-year-old man who had a right jugular foramen tumour expanding extracranially to the level of C2 cervical body. Paralysis of the glossopharyngeal, vagal, accessory, hypoglossal nerves and sensorineural hearing disturbance were found. The tumour originated from the accessory nerve and the histological examination revealed it was schwannoma. Accessory nerve as an origin of the jugular foramen neurinoma and its pre-operative neurological signs are reviewed.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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