Published in:
01-06-2015
An unusual presentation of a digital schwannoma: case report
Authors:
C. Liam Dwyer, Andrew J. Creager, John D. Lubahn
Published in:
HAND
|
Issue 2/2015
Login to get access
Excerpt
Schwannomas are primary benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors. They are also known as neurilemmomas and represent less than 5 % of all upper extremity tumors [
1] and 2.8 % of biopsied benign soft-tissue tumors of the hand and wrist [
10]. Although most commonly found in the head and neck, schwannomas of the hand and wrist have been reported and reviewed [
12]. Schwannomas of the upper extremity typically appear on the volar surface of the hand or arm. There have also been reports of unusual cases of schwannomas associated with macrodactyly [
14], associated with trigger finger [
16], located in the subungal region of the fingertip [
8], located intraosseously [
2,
11], and in the fingers of children [
18,
19]. A search of the English language literature failed to reveal any reports describing the atypical presentation of a schwannoma originally diagnosed as a mucous cyst or located at the dorsal aspect of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint. …