Chen Fengshi, Nakayama Ei, Okubo Kenichi, Date Hiroshi
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Aug;86(2):660-1. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.004.
Intrathoracic schwannomas are solitary in general. We report a rare case of intrathoracic multiple schwannomas arising from a single intercostal nerve. A 27-year-old man was admitted with multiple tumors, along with the fourth intercostal nerve in the posterior chest wall. Thoracoscopic surgical exploration found a small tumor at 2 cm distal to the main tumors, which had not been detected preoperatively. All these tumors were completely resected en bloc and were diagnosed as schwannomas of the fourth intercostal nerve.
胸内神经鞘瘤通常为单发。我们报告一例罕见的起源于单一肋间神经的胸内多发神经鞘瘤病例。一名27岁男性因后胸壁第四肋间神经处的多发肿瘤入院。胸腔镜手术探查发现，在主要肿瘤远端2厘米处有一个术前未检测到的小肿瘤。所有这些肿瘤均被完整切除，病理诊断为第四肋间神经鞘瘤。
