[A case of benign schwannoma arising in the brachial plexus with intrathoracic extension].
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.
Tanimura
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sagamihara Kyodo Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan.
Ishikawa
K
K
Mun
M
M
Tomoyasu
H
H
Kohno
T
T
Matsushita
H
H
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