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Primary schwannoma in a cervical lymph node

✍ Scribed by Jennifer O. Black; Qihui Jim Zhai; Orlando B. Varona; Nelson G. Ordonez; Mario A. Luna

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
348 KB
Volume
32
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-3074

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background.

Spindle cell neoplasms within lymph nodes are rare and include benign and malignant tumors and primary and metastatic tumors such as palisaded myofibroblastoma, leiomyoma, leiomyosarcoma, reticular cell neoplasms, and vascular sarcomas. Ancillary studies may help distinguish these neoplasms.

Methods.

A 77‐year‐old white woman was seen with a painless, slowly growing mass of the left neck. Her clinical history was noncontributory. An excisional biopsy was performed without complication. There has been no recurrence, to date, of the lesion.

Results.

Gross examination, microscopic examination, immunohistochemistry, and ultrastructural studies were consistent with the diagnosis of schwannoma arising within a lymph node.

Conclusions.

We report the first case of intranodal schwannoma arising in a cervical lymph node. The recognition of intranodal schwannoma is important because it is cured with excision, whereas some of the other diagnostic considerations for a spindle cell lesion within a lymph node may require radiation or chemotherapy. Β© 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2009

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