title: Multiple plexiform schwannomas in the plantar aspect of the foot: case report and literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Plexiform schwannoma (PS) is a rare, peripheral nerve sheath tumor arranged in a plexiform pattern.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report an unusual case of a 19-year-old woman, who complained of pain in the plantar aspect of the left foot. Magnetic resonance image (MRI) demonstrates three solitary nodules of varying sizes in the deep soft tissue of the plantar aspect of the foot that are homogeneously isointense to skeletal muscle on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted fat-suppressed images, especially the rim of the lesion. Subsequent pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of PS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI characteristic plays an important role in detecting this rare lesion. A review of the literature on PS is also presented.
authors.forename: Xiao-na
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian-ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Seemon Petrus
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Christopasak
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Province Biomechanical Key Laborary of Orthopedics, Ziqiang road 139, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050051, China. pengzhigang32@126.com.
authors.forename: Zhi-gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult