New Schwannomatosis Study Findings Have Been Reported by Investigators at National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital (Partial Excision of Schwannomatosis With Fascicular Invasion Occurring In the Ulnar Nerve Above the Elbow: a 1-year …): Schwannomatosis

2023 OCT 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily -- New research on Schwannomatosis is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Although not as common as solitary lesions, multiple schwannomas do occur, even in single nerve lesions. We report a rare case of a 47-year-old female patient who presented with multiple schwannomas with inter-fascicular invasion in the ulnar nerve above the cubital tunnel.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, “Preoperative MRI revealed a 10-cm multilobulated tubular mass along the ulnar nerve above the elbow joint. During excision under 4.58 loupe magnification, we separated three ovoid yellowcolored neurogenic tumors of different sizes, but there were still remaining lesions as it was difficult to completely separate lesions from the ulnar nerve due to the risk of iatrogenic nerve ulnar nerve injury. The operative wound was closed. Postoperative biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of the three schwannomas. During the follow-up, the patient recovered without neurological symptom or limitations in range of motion, and there were no neurological abnormalities. At 1 year after surgery, small lesions remained in the most proximal part. However, the patient had no clinical symptoms and was satisfied with the surgical results.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Although a long-term follow-up is necessary for this patient, we were able to obtain good clinical and radiological results.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Partial Excision of Schwannomatosis With Fascicular Invasion Occurring In the Ulnar Nerve Above the Elbow: a 1-year Follow-up Study. Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique, 2023;68(3):279-285. Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique can be contacted at: Elsevier, 685 Route 202-206, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/annales-de-chirurgie-plastique-esthetique/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from J. -k. Lee, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, 100 Ilsan Ro, Goyang Si 10444, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include M. -y. Chang, J. H. Kie and J. Chae.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anplas.2023.01.004. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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