Ancient Schwannoma of the Radial Nerve: A Case Report

Ancient schwannoma is a very rare subtype of schwannoma. In this report, a case of ancient schwannoma in the upper extremity is reported. A 40-year-old man presented with a slowly growing tumor in the right forearm. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor. Investigation revealed an ancient schwanno...

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Autores principales: Phan, Duy, Ton, Nu Tra My, Bui, Thi Hong Khang, Tran, Hoang Ngoc Anh, Truong, Van Tri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10474966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37664249
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42920
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author Phan, Duy
Ton, Nu Tra My
Bui, Thi Hong Khang
Tran, Hoang Ngoc Anh
Truong, Van Tri
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description Ancient schwannoma is a very rare subtype of schwannoma. In this report, a case of ancient schwannoma in the upper extremity is reported. A 40-year-old man presented with a slowly growing tumor in the right forearm. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor. Investigation revealed an ancient schwannoma originated from the right radius. Careful preoperative imaging evaluation is important for correct preoperative diagnosis and surgical strategy.
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spelling pubmed-104749662023-09-03 Ancient Schwannoma of the Radial Nerve: A Case Report Phan, Duy Ton, Nu Tra My Bui, Thi Hong Khang Tran, Hoang Ngoc Anh Truong, Van Tri Cureus Pathology Ancient schwannoma is a very rare subtype of schwannoma. In this report, a case of ancient schwannoma in the upper extremity is reported. A 40-year-old man presented with a slowly growing tumor in the right forearm. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor. Investigation revealed an ancient schwannoma originated from the right radius. Careful preoperative imaging evaluation is important for correct preoperative diagnosis and surgical strategy. Cureus 2023-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10474966/ /pubmed/37664249 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42920 Text en Copyright © 2023, Phan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ancient Schwannoma of the Radial Nerve: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Ancient Schwannoma of the Radial Nerve: A Case Report
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title_short Ancient Schwannoma of the Radial Nerve: A Case Report
title_sort ancient schwannoma of the radial nerve: a case report
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