title: Plexiform (multinodular) schwannoma. A tumor simulating the plexiform neurofibroma.
abstract: We describe a rare variant of schwannoma characterized by a interconnecting multinodular growth mimicking a plexiform neurofibroma. The schwannoma recurred twice. The second recurrence was not excised and has not increased in size for 1 1/2 years. The patient is alive and well, 3 years and 4 months after the first excision with no clinical evidence of metastasis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*