ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Albert E. Abbott, Jr
Ronald C. Hill
Michael A. Flynn
Gordon F. Murray
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Abbott, A. E.
Right arrow Articles by Murray, G. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Abbott, A. E., Jr
Right arrow Articles by Murray, G. F.

Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:1006-1008
© 1990 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Articles

Melanotic schwannoma of the sympathetic ganglia: Pathological and clinical characteristics

Albert E. Abbott, Jr, MDa,b, Ronald C. Hill, MD*,a,b, Michael A. Flynn, MDa,b, Stephen McClure, MDa,b, Gordon F. Murray, MDa,b

a Department of Surgery, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, West Virginia USA
b Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine and Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio USA

Accepted for publication December 1, 1989.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Hill, Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506.

Reports of melanin-producing tumors of Schwann ceil origin are extremely rare. Reports of only 9 such tumors arising from sympathetic ganglia have been published previously. Two new cases of melanotic schwannoma of sympathetic ganglia are reported. The pathological and clinical characteristics of these unusual melanotic tumors are discussed.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.