Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997; 8(2):333-337

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1997.8.2.333

임상

상완신경총의 신경초종

최종욱¹, 김용환¹, 이은수¹, 최건¹

Neurilemmoma of Brachial Plexus

Jong-Ouck Choi¹, Yong-Whoan Kim¹, Eun-Soo Lee¹, Gun Choi¹

¹고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실

¹Department of otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Neurilemmoma is a benign nerve tumor which has been described as painless mass and is usually discovered incidentally. Neurilemmoma of the brachial plexus is rare lesion.

The initial presentation is usually a painless, supraclavicular mass (level V), but patient has a tingling sensation in the affected forearm. We operated 3 cases of brachial plexus neurilemmoma under microscope and intraoperative nerve action potential monitoring without neurologic complication. Recently we experienced rare cases of neurilemmoma arising from brachial plexus and so we report our cases with a brief review of literature.

Keywords: Brachial plexus; Neurilemmoma; Intraoperative EMG