The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 49, 1006-1008, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Melanotic schwannoma of the sympathetic ganglia: pathological and clinical characteristics
AE Abbott Jr, RC Hill, MA Flynn, S McClure and GF Murray
Department of Surgery, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown.
Reports of melanin-producing tumors of Schwann cell 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.