SCHWANNOMA AT THE DISTAL THIRD OF THE ULNAR NERVE ABOUT A CASE
Mouad Beqqali Hassani*, Errachid Mohamed Badr, M. Zarouf, Moncef Boufettal, Mohamed Kharmaz, Moulay Omar Lamrani, Ahmed Elbardouni, Mustapha Mahfoud and Mohamed Saleh Berrada
ABSTRACT
Benign schwannomas are the most common nerve tumors. These tumors occur with predilection in the adult of 20 to 50 years, and always indifferently the man and the woman. The time of appearance of the first signs is usually long. Magnetic resonance imaging can guide the diagnosis but it is histology that confirms it. The treatment is essentially based on surgical enucleation. Evolution is generally favorable. We report here an observation of an isolated schwannoma of the ulnar nerve revealed by a subcutaneous mass of the anterior aspect of the left forearm in a patient age of 27 consults for a painless mass of the anterior aspect of the front left arm moving for 2 years. By detailing the diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects through a review of the recent literature.
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