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Case Reports
. 2008 Aug;86(2):660-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.004.

Intrathoracic multiple schwannomas of a single intercostal nerve

Fengshi Chen  1 , Ei Nakayama, Kenichi Okubo, Hiroshi Date
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Case Reports

Intrathoracic multiple schwannomas of a single intercostal nerve

Fengshi Chen et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Aug.

Abstract

Intrathoracic schwannomas are solitary in general. We report a rare case of intrathoracic multiple schwannomas arising from a single intercostal nerve. A 27-year-old man was admitted with multiple tumors, along with the fourth intercostal nerve in the posterior chest wall. Thoracoscopic surgical exploration found a small tumor at 2 cm distal to the main tumors, which had not been detected preoperatively. All these tumors were completely resected en bloc and were diagnosed as schwannomas of the fourth intercostal nerve.

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