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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Giant schwannomas of the sciatic nerve
  1. Mohammed As-Sultany1,
  2. Najla Ben-Ghashir2,
  3. Alpesh Mistry3,
  4. Coonoor Chandrasekar1
  1. 1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
  2. 2Department of Pathology Services, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to Mohammed As-Sultany, msultany{at}doctors.org.uk

Summary

We report a very rare case of giant schwannomas of the sciatic nerve in a 39-year-old woman who presented with increasing swelling and discomfort in the posterior aspect of her right thigh. We demonstrate that even with such large tumours, surgical excision could be successfully carried out to resolve all symptoms while causing no permanent nerve damage. It remains paramount that large soft tissue tumours get referred to a sarcoma centre and be managed by a specialist multidisciplinary team.

  • surgery
  • neurology
  • orthopaedics

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218466

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MA-S: wrote the manuscript. NB-G: reported the histological findings and provided the required slide photographs. AM: reviewed and reported all included radiology. CC: involved in the management of the patient and edited the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.