Intrathoracic multiple schwannomas of a single intercostal nerve.
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.
Chen
Fengshi
F
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Nakayama
Ei
E
Okubo
Kenichi
K
Date
Hiroshi
H
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