tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Acute median nerve palsy due to hemorrhaged schwannoma: case report"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Acute median nerve palsy due to hemorrhaged schwannoma: case report. | Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury BioMed Central Open Access Case report Acute median nerve palsy due to hemorrhaged schwannoma case report Mehmet Dumlu Aydin 1 Dilcan Kotan2 and Muzaffer Keles3 Address Department of Neurosurgery Medical Faculty Ataturk University Erzurum Turkey 2Neurology Clinic of Batman State Hospital Batman Turkey and 3Department of Pathology Medical Faculty Ataturk University Erzurum Turkey Email Mehmet Dumlu Aydin - nmda11@ Dilcan Kotan - dilcankotan@ Muzaffer Keles - mkeles@ Corresponding author Published 24 September 2007 Received 17 June 2007 Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2007 2 19 doi l 749-7221-2- Accepted 24 September 2007 19 This article is available from http content 2 1 19 2007 Aydin et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Schwannomas are common benign nerve tumors originating from the sheath of peripheral nerves. In this article a 54 year old woman suffered from sudden onset motor and sensory deficit at her first radial three fingers on her right hand. Radiological investigations were normal. Electromyography diagnosed a median nerve entrapment neuropathy and urgent surgery was performed. Interestingly a hemorrhaged mass was detected in the median nevre at the proximal end of the carpal ligament and was resected totally. Histopathological diagnosis was Schwannoma. The patient maintained a healthy status for five years. Background Although peripheral nerve tumors are rare the median nerve MN is one of the most affected peripheral nerves 1 . Schwannomas arising from Schwann cells are usually benign tumors and comprise to 2 of all hand tumors 2 . The tumor is usually