Multiple neurilemmomas in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: case report.
We present a case of a young woman with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome and multiple neurilemmomas involving different nerves in a single extremity. Birt-Hogg-Dubé is an uncommon but increasingly recognized syndrome. Hand surgeons may wish to consider this disease when faced with a patient with multiple neurilemmomas, especially when associated with renal tumors, spontaneous pneumothoraces, or other benign or malignant neural or non-neural tumors.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA. renfree.kevin@mayo.edu
Kevin J
KJ
Renfree
Kara L
KL
Lawless
D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D058249:Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*