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Multiple ganglioneuroma of the neck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. C. Shotton*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells
C. M. Milton
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells
J. P. Allen
Affiliation:
Deparment of Histopathology, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead.
*
J. C. Shotton, F.R.C.S.,Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8AT.

Abstract

A case of multiple ganglioneuroma arising along the entire length of the cervical sympathetic chain of one side of the neck is described. This is a distinctly unusual site and distribution of the disease and computed tomography proved invaluable to demonstrate its extent, in addition to excluding involvement of more caudal regions.

Keywords

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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