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2010, Volume 26, Number 2, Page(s) 173-176
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DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2010.01020 |
Intraosseous Schwannoma of the Radius |
Pelin BAĞCI1, Sergülen DERVİŞOĞLU1, Murat HIZ2, Kaya KANBEROĞLU3 |
1Department of Pathology, İstanbul University, Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medicine, İSTANBUL, TURKEY
2Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, İstanbul University, Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medicine, İSTANBUL, TURKEY
3Department of Radiology, İstanbul University, Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medicine, İSTANBUL, TURKEY |
Keywords:
Schwannoma, Intraosseous, Radius |
Intraosseous schwannoma is a rare benign neoplasm arising from
Schwann cells of the nerve sheath and involving the substance of bone.
Intraosseous schwannomas account for less than 0.2 % of primary
bone tumors. The most common site of occurrence is the mandible, a
characteristic traditionally attributed to the long intraosseous path of
the inferior alveolar nerve.
Here we report a case of intraosseous schwannoma in the radius of a
19 year-old female which was misdiagnosed as a sarcoma.
Even it is a very rare lesion of bone one should be aware of the fact
that when a small biopsy is taken, it can be misdiagnosed as sarcoma
or fibrous dysplasia.
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