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Subungual schwannoma: a rare location
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- Issue Date
- 2005-06-21
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Citation
- Dermatol Surg. 2005 May;31(5):592-4.
- Keywords
- Bone Neoplasms/complications/*diagnosis/pathology/radiography/surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nails, Malformed/*etiology/pathology ; Neurilemmoma/complications/*diagnosis/pathology/radiography/surgery
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Schwannoma is a benign tumor of neural tissue and usually develops in deeper soft tissue. Cutaneous involvement is uncommon, and a subungual location is extremely rare. In fact, it has not been previously reported. OBJECTIVE: To present a case of subungual schwannoma. METHOD: A 49-year-old man had a subungual tumor on his right thumb of 8 years duration. The lesion caused a mild stinging sensation in winter and grew slowly. The tumor was excised using a transungual approach. After closure, the wound was dressed with a trimmed original nail plate. RESULTS: The nail plate grew normally, and there was no recurrence 1 year postoperatively. CONCLUSION: We describe a case of schwannoma that developed in the subungual area of a thumb. Although schwannoma rarely develops in this area, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of subungual tumor.
- ISSN
- 1076-0512 (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15962750
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/11797
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