Presentation
Left-sided 2-3 cm mildly tender poorly mobile neck swelling.
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
C5 nerve sheath tumor
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Well devoid ovoid low attenuation mass in the left side of the neck.
From the case:
C5 nerve sheath tumor
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3.5 cm left C5 benign appearing nerve sheath tumor. This has increased from 3 cm on the prior study.
No other abnormality.
Case Discussion
C5 nerve sheath tumor. This is most likely a schwannoma or neurofibroma. Radiologically it is often not possible to distinguish the subtype of peripheral nerve sheath tumor.
This changed only minimally over 3 years of interval imaging.
When small, they may be mistaken for lymph nodes on ultrasound.