A Case of Double Primary Neurilemmoma on Both Chest Wall, One of Them is Bulging to Skin from Intercostal Nerve.
10.4046/trd.2008.65.4.318
- Author:
Chul KIM
1
;
Sang Mo PARK
;
Eui Ju PARK
;
Eun Jung JUNG
;
Won Ho JANG
;
Yang Ki KIM
;
Young Mok LEE
;
Ki Up KIM
;
Hyun Zo KIM
;
Jung Hwa HWANG
;
So Young JIN
;
Soo taek UH
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kukim@hosp.sch.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bilateral neurilemmomas;
Chest wall
- MeSH:
Intercostal Nerves;
Nerve Sheath Neoplasms;
Neurilemmoma;
Pleural Cavity;
S100 Proteins;
Schwann Cells;
Skin;
Subcutaneous Tissue;
Thoracic Wall;
Thorax
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2008;65(4):318-322
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Neurilemmomas are benign nerve sheath tumors derived from Schwann cells that rarely occur in the chest wall. Neurilemmomas of the chest wall are usually solitary lesions that bulge toward the pleural cavity. Neurilemmomas are confirmed histologically based on the presence of Verocay bodies, Antoni A and Antoni B tissue patterns and S-100 protein. Bilateral neurilemmomas in the chest wall are extremely rare, as are those that grow in the subcutaneous tissue but not the pleural area. We report here a case of bilateral chest wall neurilemmomas in which the tumors bulged out to the skin and were palpable.
