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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar 19:18:ic7.
eCollection 2018.

Multiple Peripheral Schwannomas

Cara M Barber  1 , Matthew P Fahrenkopf  1   2 , Nicholas S Adams  1   2 , Steven C Naum  1   2   3
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Case Reports

Multiple Peripheral Schwannomas

Cara M Barber et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: median nerve; nerve sheath tumor; schwannoma; schwannomatosis; upper extremity.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Axial T2 (a) and coronal STIR (b) MRI of the right distal forearm showing a well-circumscribed mass with hyperintense signal. The median nerve is seen in the coronal view with displacement of adjacent tissues.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Axial T2 (a) and coronal STIR (b) MRI of the right proximal forearm with a hyperintense, well-circumscribed mass within the flexor digitorum profundus.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Schwannoma involving the median nerve in the distal forearm. Note the intraneural location of the tumor.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Schwannoma removed from the median nerve in the distal forearm. With careful dissection, the encapsulated tumor can be removed from the surrounding nerve fascicles.
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