Multiplicity of neurilemomas in the upper extremity

Barre, Peter S.; Shaffer, John W.; Carter, John R.; Lacey, Stephen H.

doi:10.1016/s0363-5023(87)80298-8

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“…Occurrence of multifocal schwannomas in different nerves and in the absence of NF is very uncommon [2,3,43]. In 1990 Tang [43], describing a personal case of multifocal neurilemmoma in different nerves in the same extremity and culled from the literature, pointed out that the principle characteristics of the 3 patients were: that all of them were male and had a long history of illness; none of them had NF; the median nerve was most frequently involved; postoperative deficits were found in all cases, probably because the chances of injuring the nerve tissue during surgery increase in proportion with the number of tumours to be excised, as the fibers or funiculi over the turnouts were compressed between the neighboring tumours.…”

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Benign neural sheath tumours of major nerves: Characteristics in 119 surgical cases

et al. 1997

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Peripheral benign nerve sheath tumours are infrequent tumours and affect major nerve trunks. Some authors have indicated a high and prohibitive incidence of neurological injury in resection of these lesions. The authors describe their findings in a retrospective study comprising 119 patients with spontaneous benign nerve sheath tumours of the peripheral nervous system. Seventy-three patients had a schwannoma, 41 had neurofibroma and 5 had plexiform neurofibroma; 25 of the 119 patients suffered from neurofibromatosis. All schwannomas were excised completely and the outcome of patients was 41.0% improved, 6.8% worsened, 52.0% unchanged. Twenty-eight neurofibromas were excised completely and 13 subtotally; the outcome for patients was 19.5% improved, 19.5% worsened and 61% unchanged. All plexiform neurofibromas were removed subtotally and the outcome for patients was 20% improved and 80% unchanged. The best surgical results at average follow-up of 6 years were observed in the patients with schwannoma, the worst in those with plexiform neurofibroma. Our results demonstrated that it is often possible to remove schwannomas as well as neurofibromas with an acceptable risk of injury to the nerve.

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Benign neural sheath tumours of major nerves: Characteristics in 119 surgical cases

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“…Multiple neurilemmona are uncommon, and they may present either simultaneously [2] or sequentially [1]. Our patient demonstrated both these features which makes this case highly unusual.…”

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“…Neurilemmonas (or schwannomas) arise from the Schwann cell of the neurilemma [2,[4][5][6][7] and are the most common tumours of peripheral nerves [1,7,9]. They are usually benign and solitary [1,4,5].…”

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Multiple and recurrent neurilemmonas of the radial nerve

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Singer

1994

Eur J Plast Surg

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“…Generally, there is a palpable mass at physical examination. [4][5][6] We have reported a clinical case of a patient who was sent to our vascular laboratory with the suspicion of a thrombosed posterior tibial artery aneurysm. The patient exhibited symptoms for 3 years and was previously assessed by her general practitioner and orthopedist.…”

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