Case studies for illustration and discussion: peripheral nerve tumors

Jason H Huang; Uzma Samadani; Eric L Zager

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2004.02.002

Case studies for illustration and discussion: peripheral nerve tumors

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2004 Apr;15(2):241-9, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2004.02.002.

Authors

Jason H Huang¹, Uzma Samadani, Eric L Zager

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. huangj@uphs.upenn.edu

PMID: 15177323
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2004.02.002

Abstract

This article gives a presentation of a variety of surgical cases of peripheral nerve tumors for illustration and discussion. The first three cases include a schwannoma, a neurofibroma, and a desmoid tumor of the brachial plexus region. Case 4 is that of a patient with a common peroneal ganglion cyst, and case 5 is that of a patient with an angiolipoma of the forearm. Cases 6 through 8 illustrate a plexiform neurofibroma, a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, and a metastatic carcinoma to the brachial plexus region. In case 9, a patient with schwannomatosis was treated for multiple spinal schwannomas.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurilemmoma / diagnosis*
Neurilemmoma / surgery*
Neurofibroma / diagnosis
Neurofibroma / surgery
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery*

Grants and funding

NS46170/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States