title: Case studies for illustration and discussion: peripheral nerve tumors.
abstract: This article gives a presentation of a variety of surgical cases of peripheral nerve tumors for illustration and discussion. The first three cases include a schwannoma, a neurofibroma, and a desmoid tumor of the brachial plexus region. Case 4 is that of a patient with a common peroneal ganglion cyst, and case 5 is that of a patient with an angiolipoma of the forearm. Cases 6 through 8 illustrate a plexiform neurofibroma, a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, and a metastatic carcinoma to the brachial plexus region. In case 9, a patient with schwannomatosis was treated for multiple spinal schwannomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. huangj@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Jason H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Uzma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Samadani
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Zager
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*