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A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report
Schwannomas are tumors of the Schwann cells found in the myelin sheath. They cause 5% of all benign soft-tissue cancers, occur equally in males and females, and occur later in life. Since they remain asymptomatic, diagnosing and treating them becomes challenging; current guidelines recommend imaging...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9332030/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911312 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26391 |
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author | Ejiyooye, Toluwalope F Dirisanala, Sudha Makky Abouzied, Hend Mahjabeen, Syeda Sarah Sajjad, Taha Khan, Aadil |
author_facet | Ejiyooye, Toluwalope F Dirisanala, Sudha Makky Abouzied, Hend Mahjabeen, Syeda Sarah Sajjad, Taha Khan, Aadil |
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description | Schwannomas are tumors of the Schwann cells found in the myelin sheath. They cause 5% of all benign soft-tissue cancers, occur equally in males and females, and occur later in life. Since they remain asymptomatic, diagnosing and treating them becomes challenging; current guidelines recommend imaging followed by excision. Here, we present a case of a 19-year-old male who presents in an outpatient setting with a history of painless swelling of the fifth digit for the past four years. Past medical history and physicals are unremarkable. Microscopic findings from fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) confirmed the schwannoma diagnosis, showing loosely arranged spindle cells with elongated nuclei with pointed ends dispersed within the myxoid stroma. |
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spelling | pubmed-93320302022-07-28 A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report Ejiyooye, Toluwalope F Dirisanala, Sudha Makky Abouzied, Hend Mahjabeen, Syeda Sarah Sajjad, Taha Khan, Aadil Cureus Dermatology Schwannomas are tumors of the Schwann cells found in the myelin sheath. They cause 5% of all benign soft-tissue cancers, occur equally in males and females, and occur later in life. Since they remain asymptomatic, diagnosing and treating them becomes challenging; current guidelines recommend imaging followed by excision. Here, we present a case of a 19-year-old male who presents in an outpatient setting with a history of painless swelling of the fifth digit for the past four years. Past medical history and physicals are unremarkable. Microscopic findings from fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) confirmed the schwannoma diagnosis, showing loosely arranged spindle cells with elongated nuclei with pointed ends dispersed within the myxoid stroma. Cureus 2022-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9332030/ /pubmed/35911312 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26391 Text en Copyright © 2022, Ejiyooye 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. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Ejiyooye, Toluwalope F Dirisanala, Sudha Makky Abouzied, Hend Mahjabeen, Syeda Sarah Sajjad, Taha Khan, Aadil A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report |
title | A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report |
title_full | A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report |
title_short | A Rare Case of Plexiform Schwannoma of the Little Finger and Its Management: A Case Report |
title_sort | rare case of plexiform schwannoma of the little finger and its management: a case report |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9332030/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911312 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26391 |
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