A series of 59 patients with neurogenic tumors in the head and neck, excluding acoustic neuroma, were treated at the Departement of Otolaryngology, Kyungpook National University Hospital from January 1983 to December 1994.
@ES The results were as follows:
@EN 1) 40 cases were neurilemmomas, 13 cases were neurofibromas. 2 cases were ganglioneuromas, 1 case was malignant schwannoma, 1 case was neuroblastoma, 1 case was carotid body tumor and 1 case was vagal paraganglioma.
2) Male to female ratio was 1 : 2.3. Age distribution was from 3 to 69 years, with peak incidence in the 3rd to 5th decades(41 cases, 69%).
3) The most common chief complaint was mass in neck(47 cases, 805).
4) The most common involved sites were neck (23 cases, 39%) and parapharynx(10 cases, 17%).
5) Origin of the nerve was identified in 23 cases. Vagus nerves were in 6 cases, facial nerves in 4 cases, symphathetic chains in 4 cases and brachial plexues in 4 cases.
6) Forty seven cases (80%) were treated by simple excision
7) The surgical complications were vocal cord palsy (3 cases) and Horner's syndrome(1 case). (Korean J Otolaryngol 39 : 3, 96)
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