Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 405-408, July 2009

Schwannomatosis of a Single Intercostal Nerve: A Case Report

  • Jui-Wen Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jane-Yi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Jane-Yi Hsu, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, 2 Chung-Cheng 1st Road, Kaohsiung 802, Taiwan

Received 9 February 2009; accepted 23 March 2009.

Schwannomatosis is a rare form of neurofibromatosis and is characterized by more than one schwannoma without any sign of neurofibromatosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old male patient admitted with progressive chest discomfort who was found to have six encapsulated tumors along the seventh intercostal space with a maximum tumor size of 3 × 2 × 1 cm.

Key Words:  schwannomatosis , single intercostal nerve

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PII: S1607-551X(09)70535-2

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70535-2

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 405-408, July 2009

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