A case of schwannoma of the common peroneal nerve in the knee

Tayyar Taylan Öz; Birol Aktaş; Korhan Özkan; Burak Özturan; Bulent Kilic; Murat Demiroğlu

doi:10.4081/or.2017.6825

Orthopedic Reviews (Feb 2017)

A case of schwannoma of the common peroneal nerve in the knee

Tayyar Taylan Öz,
Birol Aktaş,
Korhan Özkan,
Burak Özturan,
Bulent Kilic,
Murat Demiroğlu

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Tayyar Taylan Öz: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
Birol Aktaş: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
Korhan Özkan: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
Burak Özturan: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
Bulent Kilic: Department of Health Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul
Murat Demiroğlu: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/or.2017.6825
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1

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Schwannomas are benign neurogenic tumors of peripheral nerves that originate from neural sheath. The aim of this case report is to bring to mind the schwannoma in the patient with knee pain. A 39-year-old woman presented with a complaint of knee pain of three months history. After surgical intervention, the patient’s complaints completely disappeared in the post-operative period. This should come to mind in the differential diagnosis of knee pain.

Published in Orthopedic Reviews

ISSN: 2035-8237 (Print); 2035-8164 (Online)
Publisher: Open Medical Publishing
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://orthopedicreviews.openmedicalpublishing.org/

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