Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial Plexus
Primary tumours of the brachial plexus are rare entities. They usually present as extrathoracic masses located in the supraclavicular region. This report describes two cases of benign schwannomas arising from the brachial plexus with an intrathoracic growth. In the first case the tumour was complete...
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| author | Alessandro Bandiera Giampiero Negri Giulio Melloni Carlo Mandelli Simonetta Gerevini Angelo Carretta Paola Ciriaco Armando Puglisi Piero Zannini |
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| description | Primary tumours of the brachial plexus are rare entities. They usually present as extrathoracic masses located in the supraclavicular region. This report describes two cases of benign schwannomas arising from the brachial plexus with an intrathoracic growth. In the first case the tumour was completely intrathoracic and it was hardly removed through a standard posterolateral thoracotomy. In the second case the tumour presented as a cervicomediastinal lesion and it was resected through a one-stage combined supraclavicular incision followed by left video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. A brachial plexus tumour should be suspected not only in patients with a supraclavicular or cervicomediastinal mass but also in those with intrathoracic apical lesions. A preoperative magnetic resonance imaging study of brachial plexus should be performed in such cases in order to plan the correct surgical approach. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8b55fcee6dac4402afdda7f0cd281b852025-02-03T05:46:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192014-01-01201410.1155/2014/130492130492Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial PlexusAlessandro Bandiera0Giampiero Negri1Giulio Melloni2Carlo Mandelli3Simonetta Gerevini4Angelo Carretta5Paola Ciriaco6Armando Puglisi7Piero Zannini8Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Neurosurgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Neuroradiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyPrimary tumours of the brachial plexus are rare entities. They usually present as extrathoracic masses located in the supraclavicular region. This report describes two cases of benign schwannomas arising from the brachial plexus with an intrathoracic growth. In the first case the tumour was completely intrathoracic and it was hardly removed through a standard posterolateral thoracotomy. In the second case the tumour presented as a cervicomediastinal lesion and it was resected through a one-stage combined supraclavicular incision followed by left video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. A brachial plexus tumour should be suspected not only in patients with a supraclavicular or cervicomediastinal mass but also in those with intrathoracic apical lesions. A preoperative magnetic resonance imaging study of brachial plexus should be performed in such cases in order to plan the correct surgical approach.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/130492 |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Bandiera Giampiero Negri Giulio Melloni Carlo Mandelli Simonetta Gerevini Angelo Carretta Paola Ciriaco Armando Puglisi Piero Zannini Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial Plexus Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial Plexus |
| title_full | Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial Plexus |
| title_fullStr | Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial Plexus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial Plexus |
| title_short | Management of Intrathoracic Benign Schwannomas of the Brachial Plexus |
| title_sort | management of intrathoracic benign schwannomas of the brachial plexus |
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