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December 2014

Patient Data: 49 year old male

Clinical Info: Painless palpable mass in the neck

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Longitudinal image of the mass that is mainly well defined but not a the upperpole

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Longitudinal image again showing a well defined mass but not at the lowerpole

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Longitudinal image of the lower pole showing that the mass is in continuity with a nerve

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Longitudinal image of the same mass also shows continuity with a nerve at the upperpole. There is only vascularity in the mass and not in the nerve

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Transverse image of the same mass

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Transverse image a bit below the mass shows normal findings

There is a well defined vascularized mass in the neck in continuity with the brachial plexus. Biopsy proved the mass to be a schwannoma

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