Intrathoracic tumors of the vagus nerve.

Ann Thorac Surg

Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.

Published: September 1990

Two patients had resection of a middle mediastinal neurilemmoma of the vagus nerve. Twenty-seven other neurogenic tumors of the intrathoracic vagus are reviewed. These tumors are generally asymptomatic except for hoarseness in an occasional patient.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-4975(90)90509-5DOI Listing

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