A rare case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus  

作　　者：Chiara Benevello Daniele Sommacale Elisa Palladino Adriana Bildea Iolanda Tres Enrico Volpin 

机构地区：[1]Department of Neurosurgery, Bicetre Hospital, Paris-Sud University,75001 Paris, France [2]Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplantation Surgery, Beaujon Hospital, Paris VII University,92118 Clichy, France [3]Department of General Surgery, Robert Debre Hospital,51092 Reims, France [4]Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Le Mans Hospital,72037 Le Mans, France [5]Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Villa d’Agri Hospital,Marsicovetere, 85050 Potenza, Italy [6]Department of General Surgery, Le Mans Hospital,72037 Le Mans, France

出　　处：《World Journal of Surgical Procedures》2013年第1期1-3,共3页世界外科手术杂志

摘　　要：We report a rare case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus treated during a surgical campaign aimed at the poorest communities in the Cuzco region of Peru. A Peruvian 40-year-old-female from a mountain community presented with a mass on the lateral side of her left supraclavicular space. No imaging tools were available during this surgical campaign and so a biopsy of the tumor was carried out. Histopathological examination revealed it to be a low grade malignant schwannoma. A nerve enucleation of the tumor was chosen as neither chemotherapy nor radiotherapy was available.The tumour was a firm mass 4 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm in size. After excision of the lesion the patient presented neurological sequelae(deltoid, bicep, and tricep weakness) but her condition improved over the next 3 years.We report this case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus as its incidence is very rare(the reported incidence is 0.001%) and because of its challenging treatment in poor healthcare conditions.We report a rare case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus treated during a surgical campaign aimed at the poorest communities in the Cuzco region of Peru. A Peruvian 40-year-old-female from a mountain community presented with a mass on the lateral side of her left supraclavicular space. No imaging tools were available during this surgical campaign and so a biopsy of the tumor was carried out. Histopathological examination revealed it to be a low grade malignant schwannoma. A nerve enucleation of the tumor was chosen as neither chemotherapy nor radiotherapy was available.The tumour was a firm mass 4 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm in size. After excision of the lesion the patient presented neurological sequelae(deltoid, bicep, and tricep weakness) but her condition improved over the next 3 years.We report this case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus as its incidence is very rare(the reported incidence is 0.001%) and because of its challenging treatment in poor healthcare conditions.

关 键 词：SCHWANNOMA BRACHIAL PLEXUS Peripheral NERVE SHEATH tumors Surgical CAMPAIGN Peru 

分 类 号：R[医药卫生]