Malignant schwannoma mistakenly diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome.
A rare nerve sheath tumour masquerading as carpal tunnel syndrome is described. It arose in a digit, with perineural spread proximally along the median nerve.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
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MK
Wood
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Erdmann
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DM
Davies
D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery