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.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
Atul
A
Maini
Madhavi
M
Tripathi
Chadra
C
Shekar N
Arun
A
Malhotra
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*