title: Congenital plexiform schwannoma of the clitoris.
abstract: Schwannomas are slow-growing nerve sheet neoplasms which are rarely found in the female genital system. In this article, we present a patient with Antony A congenital plexiform schwannoma of the clitoris. A 6-year-old girl was brought to our hospital with the history of a firm non-cystic clitoral mass from birth, which had been growing more rapidly during the previous year. The patient was scheduled for surgery. Histological studies revealed plexiform schwannoma of the clitoris post-operatively. Therefore, schwannoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of clitoral masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Loqman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Rooh A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Yegane
authors.forename: Mohammadreza S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Alaee
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khanicheh
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002987:Clitoris; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology