Schwannomatosis Involving Peripheral Nerves: A Case Report.
10.3346/jkms.2006.21.6.1136
- Author:
Dong Hun KIM
1
;
Jung Hwa HWANG
;
Sung Tae PARK
;
Ji Hoon SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Peripheral Nerves;
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms;
Neuromas;
Neurilemmoma
- MeSH:
Treatment Outcome;
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/*diagnosis/*surgery;
Neurilemmoma/*diagnosis/*surgery;
Humans;
Female;
Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2006;21(6):1136-1138
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Schwannomatosis or neurilemmomatosis has been used to describe patients with multiple nonvestibular schwannomas with no other stigmata of neurofibromatosis type-2 (NF-2). In our case, schwannomatosis, multiple schwannomas were present in a 21-yr-old woman with no stigmata or family history of NF-1 or NF-2. She had no evidence of vestibular schwannoma or other intracranial tumors. Multiple peripheral tumors were found in the carotid space of the neck, and soft tissue of posterior shoulder, lower back, ankle and middle mediastinum. All of those tumors were completely limited to the right side of the body. All surgically removed tumor specimens in this patient proved to be schwannomas.
