Subungual Schwannoma, a Rare Entity: A Case Report and Literature Review
| Autor: | Ines C. Lin, Olatomide Familusi, Jason D. Wink |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Right ring finger business.industry Rare entity Soft Tissue Neoplasms General Medicine Hand.dominant Schwannoma medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Glomus tumor Radiography Nail Diseases medicine Humans Radiology Differential diagnosis business Neurilemmoma |
| Zdroj: | The journal of hand surgery Asian-Pacific volume. 25(4) |
| ISSN: | 2424-8363 |
| Popis: | We present a case of a 26-year-old right hand dominant male landscaper with a slow growing right ring finger subungual mass. MRI confirmed a 0.9 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm well circumscribed subungual mass believed to be consistent with a glomus tumor, although size and symptoms were not consistent with that diagnosis. The mass was completely excised and diagnosis of schwannoma was confirmed by H&E histology. A literature search was performed utilizing the term “subungual schwannoma.” Four case reports were found describing this diagnosis in the hand as well as a single case report describing it in the foot. In summary, this is a 26-year-old male who presents with a schwannoma in the unusual subungual location. Although rare, based on our case and the existing literature, subungual schwannomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of a slow growing subungual mass, particularly if symptoms and exam are inconsistent with more common etiologies. |
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