Schwannoma of the spinal accessory nerve: a case report.

J Clin Diagn Res

Ex-Resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala 147001, India .

Published: August 2013

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We are reporting a rare case of a schwannoma which originated from the cervical portion of the spinal accessory nerve, which was located in the left posterior triangle of the neck and did not have any neurological deficit, which was diagnosed by the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan and confirmed histopathologically after surgery.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782952PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/5109.3270DOI Listing

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