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. 2018 Apr-Jun;22(2):91.

Common peroneal nerve schwannoma

S S Milenković  1 , M M Mitković  1
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Common peroneal nerve schwannoma

S S Milenković et al. Hippokratia. 2018 Apr-Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Schwannoma; common peroneal nerve.

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Authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. A) Sagittal images of magnetic resonance imaging of the left knee of 41-year-old man presenting with intermittent left knee pain, showing a well-defined tumor mass of the posterolateral aspect of the knee; B) Surgical exposure of the common peroneal nerve schwannoma via a lateral surgical approach excision; C) Tumor excision in toto after careful dissection of the perineurium with preservation of the macroscopic nerve integrity.
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