Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• KECECI, Y
• GURLER, T
• GUNDOGAN, H
• BILKAY, U
• CAGDAS, A

Titel

Benign giant schwannoma located in the upper arm

Ist Teil von

• Annals of plastic surgery, 1997-07, Vol.39 (1), p.100-102

Ort / Verlag

Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 72-year-old-female presented with a giant schwannoma on the medial side of her right upper arm. Ultrasonographic and magnetic resonance imaging examinations showed that it was almost a totally cystic lesion. It was initially misdiagnosed as a hydatid cyst. After excision of the tumor, histopathological examination revealed that it was a schwannoma composed of two types of regions known as Antoni A and B regions. The tumor was 15 x 8 x 7 cm in size. There were no neurological sequelae after the operation. This is probably the biggest schwannoma of the upper extremity reported.