Acute Respiratory Distress in Patient with Laryngeal Schwannoma

Schwannoma is a neurogenic benign tumour arising from the proliferation of Schwann cells present in the peripheral nerve sheath of myelinated nerves. This proliferation can hypothetically appear in every anatomic region of the human body, but the nerve sheath tumors rarely occur within the larynx. I...

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Main Authors: Laura Mannarini, Patrizia Morbini, Giulia Bertino, Omar Gatti, Marco Benazzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/616913