title: Intrathoracic multiple schwannomas of a single intercostal nerve.
abstract: Intrathoracic schwannomas are solitary in general. We report a rare case of intrathoracic multiple schwannomas arising from a single intercostal nerve. A 27-year-old man was admitted with multiple tumors, along with the fourth intercostal nerve in the posterior chest wall. Thoracoscopic surgical exploration found a small tumor at 2 cm distal to the main tumors, which had not been detected preoperatively. All these tumors were completely resected en bloc and were diagnosed as schwannomas of the fourth intercostal nerve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Fengshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ei
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007367:Intercostal Nerves; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy