Collet Sicard syndrome as atypical presentation of neck fibrosarcoma: a case report

Slađana Petrović; Danijela Grozdanović; Predrag Kovačević; Milan Višnjić; Dragan Petrović

doi:10.17305/bjbms.2011.2600

Authors

Slađana Petrović Center for Radiology, University of Nis Faculty of Medicine
Danijela Grozdanović Department of Radiology, General Hospital
Predrag Kovačević Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Niš Faculty of Medicine
Milan Višnjić Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Niš Faculty of Medicine
Dragan Petrović Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Niš Faculty of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2011.2600

Keywords:

fibrosarcoma, neck, Collet Sicard syndrome

Abstract

We report a 57 years old female patient with neck fibrosarcoma. Her main complaints consisted of hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, pain in the left side of her neck and left shoulder region, which all indicated the Collet Sicard syndrome, so the working diagnosis was glomus tumor Diagnostic MSCT was used, and the characteristics of the radiologic finding did not indicate any of the paraganglioma types, although the tumor was localized in the area of the carotid bifurcation, demonstrating the signs of extension into the jugular foramen. The patient has been treated surgically in general anesthesia and pathologic diagnosis was fibrosarcoma.