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Vagus nerve neoplasm

MedGen UID:
224735
•Concept ID:
C1263901
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Neoplasm of Tenth Cranial Nerve; neoplasm of tenth cranial nerve; Neoplasm of the Tenth Cranial Nerve; neoplasm of the tenth cranial nerve; Neoplasm of the Vagus Nerve; neoplasm of the Vagus nerve; Neoplasm of vagus nerve; Neoplasm of Vagus Nerve; neoplasm of Vagus nerve; neoplasm of vagus nerve; Tenth Cranial Nerve Neoplasm; tenth cranial nerve neoplasm; Tenth Cranial Nerve Neoplasms; tenth cranial nerve neoplasms; Tenth Cranial Nerve Tumor; tenth cranial nerve tumor; Tenth Cranial Nerve Tumors; tenth cranial nerve tumors; tenth cranial nerve tumour; tenth cranial nerve tumours; Tumor of Tenth Cranial Nerve; tumor of tenth cranial nerve; Tumor of the Tenth Cranial Nerve; tumor of the tenth cranial nerve; Tumor of the Vagus Nerve; tumor of the Vagus nerve; Tumor of Vagus Nerve; tumor of vagus nerve; tumor of Vagus nerve; tumour of tenth cranial nerve; tumour of the tenth cranial nerve; tumour of the Vagus nerve; tumour of Vagus nerve; tumour of vagus nerve; Vagus Nerve Neoplasm; vagus nerve neoplasm; vagus nerve neoplasm (disease); Vagus Nerve Neoplasms; Vagus nerve neoplasms; Vagus Nerve Tumor; vagus nerve tumor; Vagus nerve tumor; Vagus Nerve Tumors; Vagus nerve tumors; Vagus nerve tumour; vagus nerve tumour; Vagus nerve tumours; Xth Cranial Nerve Neoplasms; Xth cranial nerve neoplasms; Xth Cranial Nerve Tumors; Xth cranial nerve tumors; Xth cranial nerve tumours
SNOMED CT: Neoplasm of vagus nerve (126976007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001608

Definition

A benign or malignant neoplasm affecting the vagus nerve (tenth cranial nerve). [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVagus nerve neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation as a potential novel treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome.
Zhang S, He H, Wang Y, Wang X, Liu X
Sci Rep 2023 May 12;13(1):7721. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34746-z. PMID: 37173458Free PMC Article
Emerging drugs in the treatment of chronic cough.
Brister D, Wahab M, Rashad M, Diab N, Kolb M, Satia I
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2023 Dec;28(2):67-77. Epub 2023 Apr 24 doi: 10.1080/14728214.2023.2203912. PMID: 37060576
Diagnosis and management of schwannomas originating from the cervical vagus nerve.
Behuria S, Rout TK, Pattanayak S
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2015 Mar;97(2):92-7. doi: 10.1308/003588414X14055925058355. PMID: 25723683Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategy for Vagal Schwannoma: Case Series and Literature Review.
Loperfido A, Celebrini A, Fionda B, Bellocchi G, Cristalli G
Medicina (Kaunas) 2023 May 24;59(6) doi: 10.3390/medicina59061013. PMID: 37374217Free PMC Article
A revamped MIC-McKeown operation without removing azygos vein arch, bronchial artery and vagus nerve trunk.
Zhang H, Chen Y, Wu B, Chen Y, He H, Gong L, Zhou L, Li C, Xie J, Lin W
BMC Surg 2023 Mar 18;23(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12893-023-01903-0. PMID: 36934218Free PMC Article
Application of Vagus Nerve Branch Preservation in Thoracoscopic Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer.
Liu X, Chen Z, Zhang S
Biomed Res Int 2022;2022:5143383. Epub 2022 Apr 11 doi: 10.1155/2022/5143383. PMID: 35445140Free PMC Article
Vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy induced by tuberous sclerosis complex.
Tong X, Wang X, Qin L, Zhou J, Guan Y, Teng P, Wang J, Yang Y, Li T, Luan G
Epilepsy Behav 2022 Jan;126:108431. Epub 2021 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108431. PMID: 34883463
Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring of the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves.
Singh R, Husain AM
J Clin Neurophysiol 2011 Dec;28(6):582-6. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31823e9b00. PMID: 22146360

Diagnosis

Vagal paragangliomas.
Mottie L, Meulemans J, Vander Poorten V
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Apr 1;31(2):146-154. Epub 2023 Feb 9 doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000876. PMID: 36912227
Vagus Nerve Stimulation-Induced Pseudo-Pheochromocytoma.
Dutordoir C, Meurs A
Neuromodulation 2022 Apr;25(3):479-481. Epub 2021 Jul 16 doi: 10.1111/ner.13511. PMID: 35396076
Morphological and functional imaging of neck paragangliomas.
Guichard JP, Fakhry N, Franc J, Herman P, Righini CA, Taieb D
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2017 Sep;134(4):243-248. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2016.10.003. PMID: 27887852
Diagnosis and management of schwannomas originating from the cervical vagus nerve.
Behuria S, Rout TK, Pattanayak S
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2015 Mar;97(2):92-7. doi: 10.1308/003588414X14055925058355. PMID: 25723683Free PMC Article
Vagolysis.
Hutchinson CD, Jardine DL, Hurrell M
Age Ageing 2008 Sep;37(5):602-4. Epub 2008 Jun 12 doi: 10.1093/ageing/afn105. PMID: 18556705

Therapy

The phrenic nerve; the forgotten nerve in head and neck surgery.
Lee MF, Gan JY, Zhang M, Stokan MJ, Palme CE
ANZ J Surg 2023 Mar;93(3):500-505. Epub 2023 Feb 15 doi: 10.1111/ans.18322. PMID: 36792555
Vagus Nerve Stimulation-Induced Pseudo-Pheochromocytoma.
Dutordoir C, Meurs A
Neuromodulation 2022 Apr;25(3):479-481. Epub 2021 Jul 16 doi: 10.1111/ner.13511. PMID: 35396076
Therapeutic potential of the vagus nerve in cancer.
Reijmen E, Vannucci L, De Couck M, De Grève J, Gidron Y
Immunol Lett 2018 Oct;202:38-43. Epub 2018 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2018.07.006. PMID: 30077536
Managing Vascular Tumors-Open Approaches.
Schmalbach CE, Gourin C
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2016 Jun;49(3):777-90. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2016.03.001. PMID: 27267025
Vagolysis.
Hutchinson CD, Jardine DL, Hurrell M
Age Ageing 2008 Sep;37(5):602-4. Epub 2008 Jun 12 doi: 10.1093/ageing/afn105. PMID: 18556705

Prognosis

Vagal paragangliomas.
Mottie L, Meulemans J, Vander Poorten V
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Apr 1;31(2):146-154. Epub 2023 Feb 9 doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000876. PMID: 36912227
The phrenic nerve; the forgotten nerve in head and neck surgery.
Lee MF, Gan JY, Zhang M, Stokan MJ, Palme CE
ANZ J Surg 2023 Mar;93(3):500-505. Epub 2023 Feb 15 doi: 10.1111/ans.18322. PMID: 36792555
Therapeutic potential of the vagus nerve in cancer.
Reijmen E, Vannucci L, De Couck M, De Grève J, Gidron Y
Immunol Lett 2018 Oct;202:38-43. Epub 2018 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2018.07.006. PMID: 30077536
Vagolysis.
Hutchinson CD, Jardine DL, Hurrell M
Age Ageing 2008 Sep;37(5):602-4. Epub 2008 Jun 12 doi: 10.1093/ageing/afn105. PMID: 18556705
Vagal paragangliomas.
Sniezek JC, Netterville JL, Sabri AN
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2001 Oct;34(5):925-39, vi. doi: 10.1016/s0030-6665(05)70355-8. PMID: 11557447

Clinical prediction guides

A revamped MIC-McKeown operation without removing azygos vein arch, bronchial artery and vagus nerve trunk.
Zhang H, Chen Y, Wu B, Chen Y, He H, Gong L, Zhou L, Li C, Xie J, Lin W
BMC Surg 2023 Mar 18;23(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12893-023-01903-0. PMID: 36934218Free PMC Article
Vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy induced by tuberous sclerosis complex.
Tong X, Wang X, Qin L, Zhou J, Guan Y, Teng P, Wang J, Yang Y, Li T, Luan G
Epilepsy Behav 2022 Jan;126:108431. Epub 2021 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108431. PMID: 34883463
Stress and the Gut-Brain Axis: Implications for Cancer, Inflammation and Sepsis.
Moughnyeh MM, Brawner KM, Kennedy BA, Yeramilli VA, Udayakumar N, Graham JA, Martin CA
J Surg Res 2021 Oct;266:336-344. Epub 2021 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.055. PMID: 34062291
Clinical and sonographic features for the preoperative prediction of lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Zou M, Wang YH, Dong YF, Lai XJ, Li JC
J Endocrinol Invest 2020 Oct;43(10):1511-1517. Epub 2020 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s40618-020-01238-0. PMID: 32253729
Morphological and functional imaging of neck paragangliomas.
Guichard JP, Fakhry N, Franc J, Herman P, Righini CA, Taieb D
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2017 Sep;134(4):243-248. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2016.10.003. PMID: 27887852

Recent systematic reviews

The phrenic nerve; the forgotten nerve in head and neck surgery.
Lee MF, Gan JY, Zhang M, Stokan MJ, Palme CE
ANZ J Surg 2023 Mar;93(3):500-505. Epub 2023 Feb 15 doi: 10.1111/ans.18322. PMID: 36792555
Morphological and functional imaging of neck paragangliomas.
Guichard JP, Fakhry N, Franc J, Herman P, Righini CA, Taieb D
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2017 Sep;134(4):243-248. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2016.10.003. PMID: 27887852
Heart rate variability in the prediction of survival in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhou X, Ma Z, Zhang L, Zhou S, Wang J, Wang B, Fu W
J Psychosom Res 2016 Oct;89:20-5. Epub 2016 Aug 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.08.004. PMID: 27663106
A literature review on surgery for cervical vagal schwannomas.
Cavallaro G, Pattaro G, Iorio O, Avallone M, Silecchia G
World J Surg Oncol 2015 Mar 29;13:130. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0541-6. PMID: 25881101Free PMC Article
A systematic review of 1143 parapharyngeal space tumors reported over 20 years.
Riffat F, Dwivedi RC, Palme C, Fish B, Jani P
Oral Oncol 2014 May;50(5):421-30. Epub 2014 Feb 28 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.02.007. PMID: 24589290

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