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Neurilemmoma of the cervical sympathetic chain is a rare nerve tumour. Less than 40 confirmed cases have been reported in the literature.1 2 Sometimes they can he mistaken as carotid body tumour but usual presentation of these lesions is an asymptomatic neck mass. Because of the rarity of the tumour we report another case of neurilemmoma arising from cervical sympathetic chain in a 19 years old male.
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Singla, S.L., Kadian, Y.S., Malhotra, N. et al. Neurilemmoma of cervical sympathetic chain. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 56, 131–132 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02974318
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