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Coughing on palpation: A rare complication of vagal schwannoma

Samarakkody ZM 1 , Sayuti KA 2 , Mat Zin AA 3 , Wan Abdul Wahab W 3 , Mohamad I 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 (MD) Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus,16150, Kelantan Malaysia email: zabrinagill@gmail.com
  • 2 (MBBCh) (MMed Radiology) Department of Radiology, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Malaysia
  • 3 (MD) (MMed Anatomic Pathology) Department of Pathology, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Malaysia
  • 4 (MD) (MMed ORL-HNS) Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Malaysia
Malays Fam Physician, 2018;13(3):40-43.
PMID: 30800234

Abstract

Cervical vagal schwannoma is an uncommon, benign neoplasm. It is usually asymptomatic and presents as a painless, palpable mass in the neck. However, large schwannomas can cause dysphagia, dysphonia or dyspnea as a result of compression. We report a case of an extremely rare complication of vagal schwannoma in which neck palpation induced the patient to cough. As the patient refused any surgical intervention, conservative management was used.

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