Diagnosing Schwannoma in the Wrist: a Challenging Case of Intraneural Ganglion Cyst Mimicry and a Review of Literature.

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg

Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Published: August 2023

Schwannoma can rarely mimic an intraneural ganglion cyst clinically and radiographically. This is a rare case report of a wrist schwannoma mimicking an intraneural ganglion cyst. The surgery was successful, and the histopathological report confirmed the diagnosis of benign schwannoma. After two years of follow-up, the patient is still symptom-free.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461494PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2249099DOI Listing

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