Case Report
Atypical Presentation of Superficial Peroneal Nerve Schwannoma
| Rafferty M1*, Al-Nammari SS2 and Oddy MJ2 | ||
| 1Core Surgical Trainee, University College Hospital, London, UK | ||
| 2Consultant Orthopaedics,University College Hospital, London, UK | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Michael Rafferty Core Surgical Trainee MBBS BSc MRCS University College Hospital, London Tel: 44 20 3456 7890 E-mail: shafic2@hotmail.com |
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| Received January 20, 2014; Accepted September 25, 2014; Published September 30, 2014 | ||
| Citation: Rafferty M, Al-Nammari SS, Oddy MJ (2014) Atypical Presentation of Superficial Peroneal Nerve Schwannoma. Clin Res Foot Ankle 2:151. doi: 10.4172/2329-910X.1000151 | ||
| Copyright: © 2014 Rafferty M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
Schwannoma or neurilemmoma are benign tumours of the nerve sheath. They are homogeneous tumours consisting of schwann cells which produce myelin. Schwannomas grow along the nerve sheath itself and cause symptoms through compression of the nerve and the surrounding structures. Schwannomas are usually slow growing and only 1% undergo malignant transformation to become a neurofibrosarcoma.
