Solitary malignant schwannoma of the lower extremity-a case report.
A case of solitary malignant schwannoma, appearing as a painless mass near the right ankle of a 46-year-old female, is presented. Solitary malignant schwannoma without neurofibromatosis is considered to be quite rare. However, this disorder has a better prognosis than neurofibromatosis. Previous reports indicate that the treatment usually chosen is wide local excision without lymph node dissection, unless clinically involved nodes are present.
Ogata
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hirosaki University, Japan.
Sawada
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Y
Narita
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Nomura
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K
Akita
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N
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000032:analysis; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis
D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase