2014
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.01779
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Neurilemmoma Showing a Unique Growth Pattern in the Lateral Chest Wall: Both Inside and Outside the Thoracic Cavity

Abstract: We report the first case of the intercostal neurilemmoma showing a unique growth pattern in the lateral chest wall (both inside and outside the thoracic cavity). Usually, intrathoracic neurilemmoma is found in the posterior mediastinum and bulge from the inner surface of the bony thorax toward the thoracic cavity. This unique growing pattern of neurilemmoma arising from intercostal nerve was clearly demonstrated by computed tomography and ultrasonography.

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“…8 Considering the recent English medical literature, 13 cases of intercostal schwannomas (Table 1) resected in patients with no history of neurofibromatosis were found. 8-10, 12-20…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 Considering the recent English medical literature, 13 cases of intercostal schwannomas (Table 1) resected in patients with no history of neurofibromatosis were found. 8-10, 12-20…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Further dumbbell shaped schwannomas of the lateral chest wall i.e. with an intra-thoracic and extra-thoracic component is extraordinarily rare and to the best of our knowledge only one case has been reported prior [2]. We report possibly the second case of a dumbbell shaped lateral chest wall schwannoma in a 33-year-old female patient which masquandered as a case of soft tissue sarcoma and further discuss the diagnostic and management challenges.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Schwannomas of the chest wall are usually solitary lesions which bulge towards the pleural cavity and are mostly asymptomatic. The occurrence of dumbbell shaped schwannomas is extraordinarily rare and two possible reasons to explain the unique growth pattern have been postulated [2]. The first suggests that the nerve of origin of the lateral chest wall schwannoma is possibly the lateral cutaneous branch of the main intercostal nerve, rather than the main intercostal nerve itself and the second suggests a possible anatomical variation of the intercostal nerve [2].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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