J Korean Bone Joint Tumor Soc.  2013 Jun;19(1):37-41. 10.5292/jkbjts.2013.19.1.37.

Solitary Ancient Schwannoma in Upper Arm: A Case Report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Health Insurance Service, Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea. orthomania@gmail.com
  • 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Pathology, National Health Insurance Service, Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.

Abstract

Ancient schwannoma is a variant of schwannoma and is characterized slowly growing tumor with degenerative change. And it is reported that schwannoma is relatively rare in extensor area. As a rare cause of solitary ancient schwannoma in extensor area of upper arm, we report it.

Keyword

ancient schwannoma; upper arm

MeSH Terms

Arm
Neurilemmoma
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