Mankin H J, Mankin K P
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA,
Musculoskelet Surg. 2014 Aug;98(2):95-9. doi: 10.1007/s12306-014-0333-0. Epub 2014 Jun 24.
'Schwannomas are unusual benign tumors which arise from the surface of neural elements of the body or within the brain. They do not as a rule metastasize but may cause sometimes severe local problems on the nerves, blood vessels and adjacent bone. The tumors arise from the Sheath of Schwann, a structure on the surface of a nerve. The lesions may expand and cause considerable damage to adjacent tissues. They do not arise within bone since there are no Sheaths of Schwann within the osseous tissue but may cause local damage to the bony cortex and sometimes fractures. Rarely the lesions may metastasize and cause patients' death. The treatment is usually local resection, and most often is successful although may cause damage to the adjacent nerve.
神经鞘瘤是一种罕见的良性肿瘤，起源于身体神经组织表面或脑内。通常情况下它们不会转移，但有时可能会对神经、血管和相邻骨骼造成严重的局部问题。这些肿瘤起源于施万鞘，即神经表面的一种结构。病变可能会扩大并对相邻组织造成相当大的损害。由于骨组织内没有施万鞘，所以肿瘤不会在骨内发生，但可能会对骨皮质造成局部损害，有时还会导致骨折。极少数情况下，病变可能会转移并导致患者死亡。治疗通常是局部切除，尽管可能会对相邻神经造成损害，但大多数情况下是成功的。
