title: An unusual arthroscopic discovery: an intraarticular schwannoma of the knee.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département de Chirurgie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Munaretto
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fritschy
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: 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*