title: [A case of benign schwannoma arising in the brachial plexus with intrathoracic extension].
abstract: A case of benign schwannoma originating from the lowest trunk of the left brachial plexus with intrathoracic extension was reported. Intrathoracic growth of a schwannoma of the brachial plexus has been reported in only five cases in the literature. The patient was a 35-year-old man and had been pointed out an abnormal shadow at the left lung apex on the roentgenogram since 20-year-old. The tumor shadow was increased to seven cm from four in size on recent chest X-ray. We performed a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with the oblique skin incision at the left neck and removed the tumor completely and safely.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sagamihara Kyodo Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tanimura
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ishikawa
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Mun
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Tomoyasu
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Kohno
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Matsushita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy