title: [Benign schwannoma of the hand. Considerations on a clinical case].
abstract: The authors here describe, both macroscopically and microscopically, the case of a cellular schwannoma on the hand of a 66 year old man. The tumor had been present asymptomatically for about forty years and macroscopic examination showed it be a softly teseturs fibroma and to have slight transversal mobility. The histologic examination revealed dense tissue formed by elongated cells, which tended towards a layered formation. The mitoses were exceptional. There were also areas scattered with a large number of random vacuolated cells. There were no particular difficulties during the excision, and one year after surgery there was no apparent change or relapse.
authors.affiliation: USL RM 7, Ospedale S. Eugenio Divisione di Chirurgia Plastica, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Nuntiis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Nuntiis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pantano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*