Sciatic schwannoma of the thigh detected on bone scan: a case report.
Sciatic nerve schwannomas are rare and may present diagnostic difficulties. This case was incidentally detected on a three-phase bone scan to rule out reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) of the right foot.
Maini
Atul
A
Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
Tripathi
Madhavi
M
Shekar N
Chadra
C
Malhotra
Arun
A
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012584:Sciatic Nerve; D020426:Sciatic Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*