title: [Schwannoma in the brachial plexus resected by thoracoscopic approach].
abstract: A 50-year-old male was detected an abnormal shadow in the right apical region by chest X-ray examination. Computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings suggested the mass to be a neurogenic tumor. The tumor was originated from lower brachial plexus and enuclated by thoracoscopic approach with no major nerve damage. The pathological finding was benign schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kinki Central Hospital, Itami, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyonori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwazawa
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanizaki
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Takamichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takachi
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D001917:Brachial Plexus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy