Giant inflammatory cervical ganglion due to ectopic rib-head:

World Neurosurg · Aug 2022

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Giant inflammatory cervical ganglion due to ectopic rib-head: report of a rare diagnosis mimicking a cervical Schwannoma.

Cervical schwannomas may be common in patients with cervicobrachialgia. We report a case of an apparent C8 schwannoma in a 55-year-old female that was discovered to be an inflammatory enlarged cervical ganglion. Such a rare presentation may be explained by the particular conformation of the left C7-Th1 neuroforamen, compressed by an ectopic cranially located first rib head, which was visible only with a cervical computed tomography scan. No similar finding is reported in the literature, and this interesting case may provide new insight into the differential diagnosis of cervical spinal lesions.

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- Alessandro Rapisarda, Omar Ktari, Gessi Marco, and Filippo Maria Polli.
- Department of Neurosurgery, UOC Pathology Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: alerapi91@gmail.com.
- World Neurosurg. 2022 Aug 1; 164: 251-252.
AbstractCervical schwannomas may be common in patients with cervicobrachialgia. We report a case of an apparent C8 schwannoma in a 55-year-old female that was discovered to be an inflammatory enlarged cervical ganglion. Such a rare presentation may be explained by the particular conformation of the left C7-Th1 neuroforamen, compressed by an ectopic cranially located first rib head, which was visible only with a cervical computed tomography scan. No similar finding is reported in the literature, and this interesting case may provide new insight into the differential diagnosis of cervical spinal lesions.Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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