A rare cause of intercostal neuralgia: Ancient schwannoma of the chest wall İnterkostal nevraljinin nadir bir nedeni: Göğüs duvarının ancient schwannoması


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Unsal M. A., KELTEN B., KOŞAR A., ÖRKİ A.

Marmara Medical Journal, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.47-49, 2017 (Scopus, TRDizin)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5472/marumj.299400
  • Dergi Adı: Marmara Medical Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.47-49
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ancient schwannoma, Schwannoma, Schwannoma of the chest wall
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Maltepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Intercostal neuralgia is a rare condition that causes pain along the intercostal nerves. Neural tumors of the chest mostly arise from mediastinum and only less than 5-10% of primary tumors originate from intercostal nerves. These patients are usually asymptomatic. Herein, we report a 42-year-old male patient with severe intercostal neuralgia due to the schwannoma of the chest wall. The patient underwent surgical resection and his histopathological diagnosis was a very rare type of schwannoma: ancient schwannoma. Resecting the tumor relieved his pain.