Multiple plexiform schwannomas in the plantar aspect of the foot: case report and literature review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Zhi-gang Peng¹  Abhinav Kumar¹  Seemon Petrus Christopasak¹  Jian-ling Cui¹  Xiao-na Li¹ 

[1] Department of Radiology, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Province Biomechanical Key Laborary of Orthopedics, Ziqiang road 139, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050051, China

关键词: Magnetic resonance imaging;    Neurofibromatosis;    Plexiform schwannoma;   

Others  :  1118668
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2474-15-342

 received in 2014-06-05, accepted in 2014-10-06,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Plexiform schwannoma (PS) is a rare, peripheral nerve sheath tumor arranged in a plexiform pattern.

Case presentation

We report an unusual case of a 19-year-old woman, who complained of pain in the plantar aspect of the left foot. Magnetic resonance image (MRI) demonstrates three solitary nodules of varying sizes in the deep soft tissue of the plantar aspect of the foot that are homogeneously isointense to skeletal muscle on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted fat-suppressed images, especially the rim of the lesion. Subsequent pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of PS.

Conclusion

MRI characteristic plays an important role in detecting this rare lesion. A review of the literature on PS is also presented.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Li et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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