An unusual arthroscopic discovery: an intraarticular schwannoma of the knee.
This case report describes an unusual arthroscopic finding in a patient presenting with typical symptomatology of a medial meniscal tear of the right knee. Arthroscopy showed an multilobulated tumor that on histological examination was diagnosed as an intraarticular Schwannoma.
Fischer
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Département de Chirurgie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
Munaretto
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Fritschy
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Peter
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D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D001706:Biopsy; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*