Giant neurofibroma arising from the intercostal nerve: a rare case report |
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Authors: | Manoj Kumar Pattnaik Sameer Kumar Panigrahy Sarada Prasanna Sahoo |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery,S.C.B. Medical College,Cuttack,India |
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Abstract: | Neurofibroma is a benign nerve sheath tumor of the peripheral nervous system. A young male presented with complaints of gradually increasing breathlessness and heaviness on the right side of the chest, and percussion notes over the chest were impaired all over the right lung fields except the basal zone. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the thorax revealed a large heterogeneous mass occupying most of the right hemithorax. Intraoperatively, the huge mass measuring about 18 cm?×?13 cm?×?12 cm was seemed to arise from the right fourth intercostal space. Histopathology revealed a neurofibroma. Giant intrathoracic neurofibroma is very uncommon and its malignant potential should be evaluated. |
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