title: Femoral intraosseous neurilemoma.
abstract: The neurilemoma (benign schwannoma) is a benign tumor which arises from the Schwann cells of the peripheral nerves. In an intraosseous localization it is a very rare lesion, only forty cases being reported in the literature, and only two of these with the tumor located in the femur. This paper reports on a patient with a large neurilemoma in the lower part of the left femur.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanado
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laidler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography